Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Orefield, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Orefield who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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