Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Penn Laird, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Penn Laird who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method 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 using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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