Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Long Beach, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Long Beach who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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