Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - North Yarmouth, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in North Yarmouth who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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