Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Greenland, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Greenland who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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