Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Northvale, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Northvale who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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