Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Machiasport, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Machiasport who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on 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 and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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