Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Arnaudville, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Arnaudville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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