Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Ashland, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Ashland who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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