Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Wildsville, LA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Wildsville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance 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 feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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