Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - South Woodstock, VT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in South Woodstock who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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