Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Iliamna, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Iliamna who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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