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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Chattaroy who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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