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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Roseland who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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