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Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Beverly who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.
Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.
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