Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Burlingham, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Burlingham who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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