Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Ridgeville Corners, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Ridgeville Corners who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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