Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - North Pembroke, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in North Pembroke who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using 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 and activates 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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