Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Greensboro, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Greensboro who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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