Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Doyline, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Doyline who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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