Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Lignum, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Lignum who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

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

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