Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Taconic, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Taconic who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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