Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Atkinson, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Atkinson who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven 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 activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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