Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Salamanca, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Salamanca who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because 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. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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