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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Chalk Hill who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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