Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Milltown, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Milltown who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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