Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - China Village, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in China Village who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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