Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Leominster, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Leominster who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers offering this service in Leominster, MA

• Spectrum Health Systems Inc
  978-466-3820
  40 Spruce Street
  Leominster, MA. 1453
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  Sliding Fee Scale
  

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