Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Freedom, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Freedom who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors 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.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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