Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Limerick, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Limerick who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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