Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Hyde, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Hyde who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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