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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in East Syracuse who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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