Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Winchester, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Winchester who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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