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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Waterford who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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