Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Fort Lee, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Fort Lee who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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