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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Avondale who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance 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 detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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