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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Salem who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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