Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - East Butler, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in East Butler who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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