Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Tioga, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Tioga who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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