Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Slab Fork, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Slab Fork who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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