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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Minden who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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