Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Dallas, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Dallas who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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