Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Fort Yukon, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Fort Yukon who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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