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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Washington who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved 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 and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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