Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Edgard, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Edgard who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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