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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Bowmansville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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