Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - New Providence, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in New Providence who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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