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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Chesterfield who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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