Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Palmyra, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Palmyra who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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