Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Wanaque, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Wanaque who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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