Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Pleasant Hill, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Pleasant Hill who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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