Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Hampden Sydney, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Hampden Sydney who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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