Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Meriden, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Meriden who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior 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 stimulates 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact 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 detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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