Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Marmora, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Marmora who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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