Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Brewster, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Brewster who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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