Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Elm, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Elm who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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