Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Silver Lake, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Silver Lake who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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