Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Fair Bluff, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Fair Bluff who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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