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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Mesopotamia who are dependent and addicted to 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 involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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