Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Crisfield, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Crisfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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