Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Georgetown, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Georgetown who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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