Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Jber, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Jber who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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