Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Bridgton, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Bridgton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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