Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - New Wilmington, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in New Wilmington who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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