Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Odd, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Odd 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 overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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