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Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Shageluk, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Shageluk who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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