Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Connelly, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Connelly who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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