Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Cable, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Cable who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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