Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Brooktondale, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Brooktondale who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, 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 satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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