Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Rifton, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Rifton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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