Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Pipersville, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Pipersville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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