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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Harrington who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

For All Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities In Harrington, Click Here.