Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Weedsport, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Weedsport who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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