Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - East Haddam, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in East Haddam who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors 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 have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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