Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Fair Haven, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Fair Haven who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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