Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Pullman, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Pullman who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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