Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Buck Hill Falls, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Buck Hill Falls who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning 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 some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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