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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Schellsburg who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking 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. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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