Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Banco, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Banco who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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