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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Hebron who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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