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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Sumneytown who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

For All Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers In Sumneytown, Click Here.