Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Marienville, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Marienville 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 concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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