Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Sparks, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sparks who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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