Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Utica, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Utica who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on 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 which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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