Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Big Lake, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Big Lake who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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