Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Wall, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Wall who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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