Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Exeter, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Exeter who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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