Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Port Chester, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Port Chester who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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