Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Pedro Bay, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Pedro Bay who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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