Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - St. Michael, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in St. Michael who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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