Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Kasigluk, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Kasigluk who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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