Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - North Turner, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in North Turner who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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