Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - North Reading, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in North Reading who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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