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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Harris who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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