Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Mount Pleasant Mills, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Mount Pleasant Mills who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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