Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - East Glastonbury, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in East Glastonbury who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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