Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Church Creek, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Church Creek who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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