Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Abita Springs, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Abita Springs who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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