Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Akutan, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Akutan who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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