Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Dameron, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Dameron who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to 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 detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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