Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Nondalton, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Nondalton who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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