Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Solon, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Solon who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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