Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Bristol, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Bristol who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers offering this service in Bristol, CT

• Hartford Dispensary
  860-589-6433
  1098 Farmington Avenue
  Bristol, CT. 6010
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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