Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Valle Crucis, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Valle Crucis who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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