Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Burke, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Burke who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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