Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - West New York, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in West New York who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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