Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Southold, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Southold who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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