Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Phillipsport, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Phillipsport who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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