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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Harborcreek who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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