Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Sargentville, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Sargentville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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