Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Sharples, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Sharples who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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