Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Charlotte, TX.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Charlotte who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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