Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Goodnews Bay, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Goodnews Bay who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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