Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Rawlings, VA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Rawlings who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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 prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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