Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Coffman Cove, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Coffman Cove who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification 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 take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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