Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Cherry Creek, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Cherry Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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