Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Maple Shade, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Maple Shade who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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