Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Charlestown, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Charlestown who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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