Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Barrackville, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Barrackville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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