Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Westfield, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Westfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs offering this service in Westfield, MA

• Community Healthcare Inc
  413-568-6600
  125 North Elm Street
  Westfield, MA. 1085
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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