Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Brusly, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Brusly who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing 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 receptors 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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