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Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Duncansville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.
People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.
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