Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Woodcliff Lake, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Woodcliff Lake who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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