Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Monroe, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Monroe who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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