Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Riddlesburg, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Riddlesburg who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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