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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Chamberlain who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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