Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Carlisle, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Carlisle who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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