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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Cedarville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since 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 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers 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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