Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Glen Ferris, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Glen Ferris who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities 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 and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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