Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Clinton, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Clinton who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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