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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Hanover who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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