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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in White who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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