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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Renick who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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