Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Winsted, CT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Winsted who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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