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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Flora who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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