Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Alakanuk, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Alakanuk who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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