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Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Kivalina who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.
People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.
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