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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Saxton who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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