Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Woodstock, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Woodstock 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 people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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