Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Atqasuk, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Atqasuk who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might 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 detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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