Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Alum Creek, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Alum Creek who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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