Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Black Lick, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Black Lick who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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