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Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Kachemak, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Kachemak who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought 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 detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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