Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Beaver Springs, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Beaver Springs who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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