Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Howard Beach, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Howard Beach who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact 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 detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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