Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - New Hampshire, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in New Hampshire who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused 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 which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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