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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Colton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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