Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Eagle, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Eagle who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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