Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Pemaquid, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Pemaquid who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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