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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Wilburton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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