Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Jefferson, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Jefferson who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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