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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Conyngham who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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