Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Thorne Bay, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Thorne Bay who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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