Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Davy, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Davy who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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