Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Glenshaw, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Glenshaw who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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