Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Pine Forge, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Pine Forge who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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