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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Homestead who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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