Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Cooleemee, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Cooleemee who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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