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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Stahlstown who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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