Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Sanbornville, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Sanbornville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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