Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Warren, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Warren who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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