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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Munday who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior 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 activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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