Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Newark Valley, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Newark Valley who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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