Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Sherman, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sherman 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 people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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