Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Randolph, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Randolph who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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