Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Chenango Bridge, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Chenango Bridge who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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