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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Jerome who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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