Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Vandemere, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Vandemere who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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