Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - West Leyden, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in West Leyden who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven 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 which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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