Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Cucumber, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Cucumber who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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 prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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