Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Harrison, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Harrison who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities 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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