Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Reedy, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Reedy who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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