Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Queen, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Queen who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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