Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Stantonsburg, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Stantonsburg who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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