Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Hickory Grove, SC.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hickory Grove who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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