Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - North Bergen, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in North Bergen 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 individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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