Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Cato, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Cato who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused 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 and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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