Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Van Voorhis, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Van Voorhis who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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