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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Elverson who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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