Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Millfield, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Millfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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