Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Fillmore, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Fillmore who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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