Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Fluker, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Fluker who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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