Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Warren, RI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Warren who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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