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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Neversink who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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