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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Richfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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