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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Chignik who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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