Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Kingwood, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Kingwood who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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