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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Wernersville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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