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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Llewellyn who are 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 involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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