Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Stanfordville, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Stanfordville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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