Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Man, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Man who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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