Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Jumping Branch, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Jumping Branch who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors 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 involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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