Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Siloam, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Siloam who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing 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 which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

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

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