Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Durham, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Durham who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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