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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Waverley who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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