Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - North Uxbridge, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in North Uxbridge 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 individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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