Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Normalville, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Normalville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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