Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Loreauville, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Loreauville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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