Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Ebensburg, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Ebensburg who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking 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 stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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