Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - East Weymouth, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in East Weymouth who are addicted to 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 involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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