Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Sunnyside, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Sunnyside who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior 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 neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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