Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Springvale, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Springvale who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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