Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Red Hook, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Red Hook who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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