Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Walker, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Walker who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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