Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Greenwich, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Greenwich who are dependent on 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 engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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