Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Weyanoke, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Weyanoke who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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