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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Revloc who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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