Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Spring Dale, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Spring Dale who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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