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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Winnsboro who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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