Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Otis, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Otis who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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