Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Prompton, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Prompton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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