Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Fort Richardson, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Fort Richardson who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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