Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Canton, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Canton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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