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 Drug war focuses on painkiller abuse
WASHINGTON - After years in which marijuana, cocaine and heroin were by far the main ...
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Front line in the fight against heroin addiction
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Escaping the clutches of heroin addiction
SOMERSWORTH - Terri Provencher, a 39-year-old mother and recovering heroin addict from Seabrook, has tried ...
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Heroin and Methadone deaths must be addressed
As the number of deaths mount, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the problem of ...
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100 Deaths related to Buprenorphine
According to the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (UN/INCB), worldwide usage and availability of ...
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Methadone Treatment Investigated
Following the death of a 24-year-old University of Montevallo student from methadone, Alabama authorities have ...
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Methadone Overdose, Deaths on Rise in U.S.
Throughout the United States, overdoses and deaths from methadone, a drug used to relieve chronic ...
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Detox Death by Naltrexone
George O'Neil, the founder of Australia's first Naltrexone clinic, has become embroiled in yet another ...
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Heroin
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| Over 80% of heroin users inject with a partner. 80% of overdose victims discovered by paramedics are found alone. |
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| Long-term use of heroin causes tolerance to develop so that in order to achieve the same degree of euphoria, larger and larger doses must be taken. When people have been off heroin for some time their tolerance decreases and a common cause of death result |
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| The individual who has become physically as well as psychologically dependent on heroin will experience heroin addiction withdrawal with an abrupt discontinuation of use or even a decrease in their daily amount of heroin taken. |
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| According to the National Counsel Survey for 1994, 2.2 million americans have tried heroin. 191,000 have used heroin in the previous 30 days. |
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Heroin
Addiction Withdrawal 
Heroin addiction withdrawal symptoms are some of the nastiest an addict can
experience compared to addiction withdrawal from any other drug. The individual
who has become physically as well as psychologically dependent on heroin will
experience heroin addiction withdrawal with an abrupt discontinuation of use
or even a decrease in their daily amount of heroin taken.
Withdrawal, which in regular abusers may occur as early as a few hours after
the last administration, produces drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone
pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold
turkey"), kicking movements ("kicking the habit"), and other
symptoms.
Major heroin withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last
dose of heroin and subdue after about one week. The symptoms of heroin withdrawal
produced are simular to a bad case of the flu. Some
symptoms such as chronic depression, anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite,
periods of agitation and a continued craving for the drug may last for periods
of months and even years. Sudden
withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health is occasionally
fatal, although heroin withdrawal is considered much less dangerous than alcohol
or barbiturate withdrawal.
- runny nose
- stomach cramps
- diarrhea
- vomitting
- muscle cramps
- shaking
- chills or profuse sweating
- goose flesh skin
- insomnia
- irritability
- jitterness
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