Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - West Eaton, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in West Eaton who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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