Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - New Kensington, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in New Kensington who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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