Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Gowanda, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Gowanda who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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