Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Haydenville, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Haydenville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused 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 which activates the same 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 therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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