Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Wood River Junction, RI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Wood River Junction who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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 other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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