Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Farmingville, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Farmingville who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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