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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Randallstown who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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