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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Lockwood who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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