Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - St. Pauls, NC.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in St. Pauls who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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