Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - West Farmington, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in West Farmington who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven 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 and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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