Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Miamisburg, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Miamisburg who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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