Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Randleman, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Randleman who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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