Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Fairview, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Fairview who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. 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 every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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