Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Spring Grove, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Spring Grove who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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