Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Sod, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Sod who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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