Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Ashfield, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Ashfield who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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