Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Fair Haven, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Fair Haven who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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