Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Shattuck, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Shattuck who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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