Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Glen Wild, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Glen Wild who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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