Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Ticonderoga, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Ticonderoga who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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