Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - King Cove, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in King Cove who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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