Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Niantic, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Niantic who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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