Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Blossburg, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Blossburg who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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