Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Alna, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Alna who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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