Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Round Top, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Round Top who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily 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, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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