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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Bloxom who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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