Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Lowber, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Lowber who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because 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 receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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