Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - South Boston, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in South Boston who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox 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 because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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