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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Hemlock who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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