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Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Pandora who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.
People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.
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