Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Wilcox, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Wilcox who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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