Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Monponsett, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Monponsett who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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