Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Gilford, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Gilford who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, 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 satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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