Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Troy, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Troy who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

For All Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers In Troy, Click Here.