Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Speedwell, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Speedwell who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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