Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Bienville, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Bienville who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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