Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - St. Gabriel, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in St. Gabriel who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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