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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Marblehead who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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