Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Keslers Cross Lanes, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Keslers Cross Lanes who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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