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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Boutte who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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