Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Jeanerette, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Jeanerette who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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