Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Bloomfield, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Bloomfield who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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 prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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