Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Bristol, PA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Bristol who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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