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Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in West Haven who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.
Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.
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