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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Cade who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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