Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Upper Jay, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Upper Jay who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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