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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Berlin who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis 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. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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