Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Manns Choice, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Manns Choice who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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