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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Ambridge who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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