Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Lake Pleasant, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Lake Pleasant who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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