Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Haverhill, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Haverhill who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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