Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Burnt Hills, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Burnt Hills who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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