Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Elkland, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Elkland who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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