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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lakewood who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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