Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Birch Harbor, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Birch Harbor who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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