Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - East Livermore, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in East Livermore who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on 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 neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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