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The silent epidemic: How heroin is infiltrating Washtenaw County

Filed under: heroin withdrawl

Heroin withdrawal is an indescribable nightmare. Listing the symptoms — diarrhea, nausea, dilated pupils, watery eyes, runny nose, a racing heart and goosebump flush, among others — hardly does the full extent of dopesickness justice, Jouney said.
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Using clonidine for opiate withdrawal is something that people often inquire about. The reason is that opiate withdrawal is described by most people that go through it as unbearable, and extremely unpleasant. As a matter of fact, this is so true, that a very large percentage of people that try to break their habit without the aid of something to curb the withdrawal symptoms end up failing.

Clonidine belongs to the family of drugs that is known as alpha-adrenergic agonists, and is generally available in one of three forms:

Pill
Patch
Injection

The drug itself wasn’t created for, or intended to be used for opiate withdrawal. Instead, originally clonidine was used to treat high blood pressure. Luckily, along the way, someone figured out that you could indeed use clonidine for opiate withdrawal, as well as in some cases alcohol withdrawal as well.

Question by : What is the difference between “dependent” and “addiction”?
This question refers to the need, or use, of certain substances such as opiates.

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Abuse-Proof Prescription Painkillers May Spur Heroin Habit

Filed under: opiate addiction

The study of more than 2500 people with opioid dependence found a 17 percent drop in OxyContin abuse with the 2010 arrival of a formula that's harder to inhale or inject. During the same time period, heroin abuse doubled. "I think the message we have …
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OxyContin and Heroin Addiction on the South Shore

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Question by A W: Addicts for drugs have detoxes… how can I go about to help “other” types of addictions to have a safe rehab?
drug addicted people have drug rehab places to go to when they need help… is there any thing I can do to try to have people in the higher political offices help other offenders have a safe place to go to help themselves before they end up in trouble? Any suggestions on how to go about this?
I have run into many people that are offenders and they have stated to me that if there was a safe place to go before they offended… they would not have offended the way they did and … this will also help society to have safe havens for these people to go and get the help they need in a safe… secretive way… any suggestions would be great… thanks

 

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Heroin in paradise; drug use in SLO County

Filed under: heroin addiction

She had begun using methamphetamine at age 11. By her early 20s, she had become addicted to prescription pills. She turned to heroin this year after her younger brother, Andrew, died of a heroin overdose in 2011. “I was just curious what was so hard …
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Naperville heroin victim's mom vows to help others

Filed under: heroin addiction

“John told me he was hooked on heroin for a good six months before he even knew he was addicted to heroin,” she said. “He was at a party and was given a substance he thought was cocaine and it ended up being heroin. So for months he was getting this …
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As with other types of substance abuse, abrupt cessation of methadone – a synthetic opiate – can cause withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal from methadone occurs when the dependent user suddenly stops taking the drug. The effects of methadone are pretty much the same with other types of drugs. Regular and prolonged use can cause drug dependency.

Since methadone is a prevalent type of medication used to treat narcotic addiction, an increasing number of patients are becoming dependent to the drug. Imagine the rough ordeal that the addicts have to go through to overcome their addiction only to realize that they are starting to crave for a new one. Sadly, many rehabilitation facilities fail to recognize the withdrawal effects of giving repeated doses of methadone to the drug user.