Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Bustins Island, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Bustins Island who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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