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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Middletown who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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