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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Orient who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because 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 receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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