Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Flatwoods, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Flatwoods who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people 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. 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 involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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