Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Holden, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Holden who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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