Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Hildebran, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Hildebran who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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