Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - New Martinsville, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in New Martinsville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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