Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Baker, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Baker who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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