Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Cambridge, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Cambridge who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs offering this service in Cambridge, MA

• North Charles Institute for
  617-661-5700
  54 Washburn Avenue
  Cambridge, MA. 2140
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  Sliding Fee Scale
  

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