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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Montcalm who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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