Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Union Springs, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Union Springs 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 clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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