Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Racine, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Racine who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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