Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - New Philadelphia, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in New Philadelphia who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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