Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Colver, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Colver who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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