Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Salina, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Salina who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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