Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Andover, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Andover who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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