Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Walworth, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Walworth who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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