Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Warner, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Warner who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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