Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Mashantucket, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Mashantucket who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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