Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Bulger, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Bulger who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused 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 activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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