Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Ravine, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Ravine who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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