Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Beach Lake, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Beach Lake who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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