Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Lees Creek, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Lees Creek who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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