Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Norge, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Norge who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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