Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Crooked Creek, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Crooked Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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