Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Duke Center, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Duke Center who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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