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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Watson who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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