Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - New Paltz, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in New Paltz who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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