Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Mapleton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.
Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.
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