Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Luxor, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Luxor who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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 prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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