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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Johnson who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior 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 activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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