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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Lucinda who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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