Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - North Billerica, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in North Billerica who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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