Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hollidaysburg, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hollidaysburg who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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