Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Orviston, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Orviston who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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