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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Putnam who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs offering this service in Putnam, CT

• Community Health Resources
  860-697-3345
  391 Pomfret Street
  Putnam, CT. 6260
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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