Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Middle Falls, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Middle Falls who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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