Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Jennings, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Jennings who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused 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 stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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