Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Marydel, DE.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Marydel who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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