Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Porters Falls, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Porters Falls who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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