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Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Cambridge who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.
People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.
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