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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Henderson who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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