Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Manchester, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Manchester who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know 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 some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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