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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Pittsfield who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking 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 neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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