Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Canaseraga, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Canaseraga who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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