Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Emlenton, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Emlenton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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