Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Alfred, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Alfred who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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