Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Verona, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Verona who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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