Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Calais, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Calais who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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