Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Cologne, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Cologne who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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