Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Pleasant Unity, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Pleasant Unity who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using 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 neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, 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 detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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