Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Hall, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Hall who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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