Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Mc Kean, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Mc Kean who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion 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 satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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