Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Strongsville, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Strongsville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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