Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Willseyville, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Willseyville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing 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 which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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