Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Cornish, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Cornish who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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