Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Hope, RI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Hope who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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