Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Apalachin, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Apalachin who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior 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 stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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