Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Conway, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Conway who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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