Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - West Friendship, MD.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in West Friendship who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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