Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Jackson, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Jackson who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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