Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Olmsted Falls, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Olmsted Falls who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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