Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Hico, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Hico who are dependent and 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 involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need 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 detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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