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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Milton who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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