Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Seminole, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Seminole who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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