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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Dauphin who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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