Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Galloway, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Galloway who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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