Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Shirley, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Shirley who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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