Treatment for Crystal Methamphetamine (Meth) Addiction Nazareth PA

Body’s neurochemical mechanisms that are liable for flexible and regulating appetite, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood pressure, attention, mood and automatic responses such as alertness or alarm is affected by Meth an enormously powerful stimulant that works within the central nervous system.

Riverside Care Inc
(610) 253-6708
400 Northampton Street
Easton, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

Data Provided by:
Hogar Crea Women''s Center
(610) 866-3442
1409 Pembroke Road
Bethlehem, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women
Language Services
Spanish

Data Provided by:
Valley Counseling Group
(610) 974-8500
65 East Elizabeth Avenue
Bethlehem, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Portugese, Spanish

Data Provided by:
Community Service Foundation Inc
(215) 348-8881
544 Main Street
Bethlehem, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Data Provided by:
Pinnacle Treatment
(908) 387-0003
590 Marshall Street
Phillipsburg, NJ
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women
Language Services
Spanish

Data Provided by:
Mid Atlantic Rehabilitation Services
(610) 419-3101
2045 Westgate Drive
Bethlehem, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Women

Data Provided by:
New Directions Treatment Services
(610) 758-8011
2442 Broadhead Road
Bethlehem, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Spanish

Data Provided by:
Solutions Counseling and
(610) 865-1303
35 East Elizabeth Avenue
Bethlehem, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

Data Provided by:
Warren Hospital
(908) 859-6787
Hillcrest Professional Plaza
Phillipsburg, NJ
Hotline
(908) 859-6700
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

Data Provided by:
Recovery Revolution Inc
(610) 599-7700
26 Market Street
Bangor, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Women, Men

Data Provided by:
Data Provided by:

Treatment for Crystal Methamphetamine (Meth) Addiction

Body’s neurochemical mechanisms that are liable for flexible and regulating appetite, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood pressure, attention, mood and automatic responses such as alertness or alarm is affected by Meth an enormously powerful stimulant that works within the central nervous system. Methamphetamine causes the norempinephrine transporter and the dopamine transporter to switch their direction of flow. This switch causes a release of these transmitters from the vesicles to the cytoplasm and from the cytoplasm to the synapse, causing increased stimulation of post-synaptic receptors. In addition, Meth indirectly prevents the reuptake of these neurotransmitters; causing them to remain in the synaptic cleft. it is neurotoxic in overdose.

Because the “high” that methamphetamine gives is intense and can last from eight to 24 hours, it has replaced cocaine, heroin, and marijuana as the drug of choice in many areas. Known on the street as “speed,” “meth,” “ice,” and “crystal,” it can be injected, smoked, snorted, or swallowed. During an interview with Dr. David McDowell, M.D.,(medical director of the Substance Treatment and Research Service at Columbia University at the New York State Psychiatric Institute)states, “The timing and intensity of the ‘rush’ are a result of the release of high levels of dopamine in the brain. Methods that cause methamphetamine to pass into the brain more quickl...

Click here to read the rest of this article from Sober Recovery


Featured Facilities