Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Ridgewood, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Ridgewood who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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