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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Sebago who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily 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, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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