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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Franklin who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 effective 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 symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should 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 many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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