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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Lottie who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to 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 neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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