Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Valley Stream, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Valley Stream who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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