Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Owls Head, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Owls Head who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since 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 neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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