Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Gilliam, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Gilliam who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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