Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Glover, VT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Glover who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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