Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Tire Hill, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Tire Hill who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. 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 challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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