Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - North Sandwich, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in North Sandwich who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven 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 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 take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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