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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Peterborough who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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