Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - New Llano, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in New Llano who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult 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 seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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