Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Sperry, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Sperry who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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