Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Pomona, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Pomona who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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