Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Rocky Ridge, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Rocky Ridge who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven 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 activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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