Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Lewis Run, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lewis Run who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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