Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Adrian, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Adrian who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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