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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Madisonville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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