Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Lehigh Valley, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Lehigh Valley who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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