Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Locust Valley, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Locust Valley who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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