Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - East Berlin, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in East Berlin who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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