Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - South Barre, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in South Barre who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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