Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Hampden, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hampden who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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