Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Creekside, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Creekside who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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