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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Scotland who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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