Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Winchester Center, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Winchester Center who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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