Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hollister, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hollister who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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