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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Allenwood who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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