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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Conway who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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