Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Winter Harbor, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Winter Harbor who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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