Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Franktown, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Franktown who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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