Alaska Heroin Addiction Rehab Treatment Centers (8)

Alaska Heroin Addiction Rehab Treatment Centers

Alaska heroin addiction rehab and treatment centers help people who are dependent on heroin to overcome their addiction and abstain from further heroin abuse.
In Alaska, heroin is a heavily imported drug which has been increasing in prevalence since the beginning of the opioid crisis in this country. Heroin addiction in Alaska is widely attributed to the abuse of opioid prescription drugs, but among the two largest demographics in the state, significantly more Alaska Natives report using heroin than white Alaskans.

As heroin addiction continues to spread through Alaska, rehab and treatment efforts by the state's agencies have resulted in different options for combating heroin addiction.

Alaska treatment and rehab efforts include the following:

• Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) using
• Methadone
• Suboxone® (buprenorphine)
• Vivitrol® (naltrexone)
• Individual and group counseling
• Family and group support

The state of Alaska has accepted medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to be the best-proven long-term method for treating addiction to heroin.

In Alaska, heroin addiction treatment using MAT also requires participation in recovery counseling and engagement with sober support during the treatment period. Facilities that offer MAT are called opioid treatment providers (OTP), and many of them also offer outpatient services that include the necessary counseling and education to accompany the medication.

There are some privately held rehab centers in Alaska that can treat heroin addiction with private insurance or self-pay arrangements. In private heroin addiction rehab programs, a complete heroin detox period often takes between five and ten days to complete, then patients are immediately transferred to an inpatient or outpatient treatment program that can last several weeks or months.

The State of Alaska continues to expand resources for all residents affected by the opioid and heroin epidemic.

These residents include those who are:

• currently using heroin
• seeking help to get off heroin
• in need of support to abstain from heroin
• family and loved ones of those using or recovering from heroin addiction

Resources:

• Fairbanks Wellness Coalition