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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Toano who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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