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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Millinocket who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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