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Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Lower Kalskag who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.
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