Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Maiden, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Maiden who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some 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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