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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Nora who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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