Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Looneyville, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Looneyville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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