Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Belgrade, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Belgrade who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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