Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Hampden, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Hampden who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking 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 prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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