Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Eros, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Eros who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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