Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Stoneham, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Stoneham who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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