Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Fort Greely, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Fort Greely who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons 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.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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