Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - West Springfield Town, MA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in West Springfield Town who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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