Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Trexlertown, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Trexlertown who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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