Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Rippon, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Rippon who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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