Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Keasbey, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Keasbey who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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