Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Anson, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Anson who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up 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 symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons 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.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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