Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Colonial Beach, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Colonial Beach who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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