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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Campbell who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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