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Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Lewiston who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.
Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.
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