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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Driftwood who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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