Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Pocono Lake Preserve, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Pocono Lake Preserve who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven 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 activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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