Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Grantsville, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Grantsville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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