Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - New Ipswich, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in New Ipswich who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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