Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Farmington Falls, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Farmington Falls who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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