Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Dowell, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Dowell who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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