Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Porter, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Porter who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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