Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - West Poland, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in West Poland who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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