Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Lampeter, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Lampeter who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

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

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