Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - New Richmond, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in New Richmond who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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