Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Somers, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Somers who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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