Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Millers Falls, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Millers Falls who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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