Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Port Washington, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Port Washington who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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