Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Metairie, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Metairie who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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