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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Convent who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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 other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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