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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Destrehan who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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