Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Windsor Mill, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Windsor Mill who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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