Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Tok, AK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Tok who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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