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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Paris who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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