Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Falls, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Falls who are dependent and 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 engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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