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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Island Falls who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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