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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Glassport who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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