Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Tylersport, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Tylersport who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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