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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Moshannon who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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