Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Saratoga Springs who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.
Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.
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