Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Weston, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Weston who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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 prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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