Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Wellfleet, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Wellfleet who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to 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 neural 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 have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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