Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Hodge, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hodge who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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