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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Jamestown who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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