Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - West Chesterfield, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in West Chesterfield who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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