Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Cressona, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Cressona who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up 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 stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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