Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Oxford, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Oxford who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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