Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - West Swanzey, NH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in West Swanzey who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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