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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Windham who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea 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 satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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