Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Sugartown, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Sugartown who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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 involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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