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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Koyuk who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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