Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Furlong, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Furlong who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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