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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hanover who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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