Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Pocono Pines, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Pocono Pines who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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