Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Mapleton, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Mapleton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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