Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - East Windsor, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in East Windsor who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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