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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Belcher who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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