Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - East Elmhurst, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in East Elmhurst who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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