Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Acme, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Acme who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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