Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Richfield Springs, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Richfield Springs who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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