Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Auburn, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Auburn who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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