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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Simon who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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