<unk>  treatment is the use of the medicine<unk> , administered on an ongoing basis, as treatment for dependence on heroin or other opioids.<unk>  is an opioid agonist, binding to the same receptor in the brain as heroin or other opioids, and relieving withdrawal symptoms and causing respiratory depression and euphoria in some or at higher doses. Know to be one of the best researched of medically assisted approaches to addiction treatment.<unk>  reduces craving for or use of other opioids, and reduces risk of fatal overdose from street drugs. Involving a daily dose of prescribed medicine,<unk>  has been termed "a first step toward social rehabilitation" because it increases retention of patients in treatment, relieves them from the need to find, buy and use multiple daily doses of street opioids, and offers a legal medical alternative.
Methadone maintenance
Antipsychotic switching
Psychedelic therapy
Palliative sedation
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy
Alcohol detoxification
Stimulant maintenance
Stuttering therapy