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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Morris who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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