Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Lancaster, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Lancaster who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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