Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Myrtle Beach, SC.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Myrtle Beach who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs offering this service in Myrtle Beach, SC

• Center of HOPE of
  843-903-6212
  104 George Bishop Parkway
  Myrtle Beach, SC. 29579
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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