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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Wayne who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day 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, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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