Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Keller, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Keller who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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