Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Chauncey, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Chauncey who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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