Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Peninsula, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Peninsula who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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