Heroin Addiction: Methadone Facts

heroin addiction - Important information about methadone, its uses and its dangers. The drug methadone is used extensively in addiction treatment.

Boyfriend with heroin addiction?
I just found out that my boyfriend of two and a half years has been smoking heroin on a daily basis for about a month a half what is the best way to go about finding a rehab that I can aford and how bad is the addiction a month a half in?

IMPORTANT: What are the most effective ways of overcoming heroin addiction?
And if anyone happens to be an ex heroin addict, PLEASE contact me asap.I have a close friend of mine who's almost gone insane because of heroin addiction. His family is now considering sending him to Singapore, a supposedly drug free nation, to keep him off heroin. Is that a good idea?

	Methadone helps block the euphoric effects of drugs like heroin and morphine.

Roughly how long does it take to be completely "clean" if you go cold turkey from a heroin addiction?
That is my main question but I also want to know what the addict will experience during this time, symptoms, side effect etc and is it possible for someone to die if they go " cold turkey" with no substitute drugs?

My son and his heroin addiction: need help?
i have looked into many rehabs in order to send my son so that I can help him get off of heroin. I have heard a lot about " drug free detox" and rehab centers...can anyone let me know of a good one?Have looked into Narconon...really like it but would like some feed back.ThanksA desperate mother

Do you know anyone who overcame heroin addiction?
How did they do it? How long did it take? How long have they been clean?I am not the addict and Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendricks overcame drug addiction by dying of it so that answer was not helpful. I really want to know some of your experiences with drug addicts.

How do I go about finding a doctor who prescribes methadone for heroin addiction?
I have a son who is in a methadone program. He cannot travel and spend time away from home because he has to go to the clinic every day to pick up his methadone. How do I go about finding a physician in my area who will prescribe methadone for him so that he can travel or even come home to live the nearest clinic to my home is an hours drive away

How does behavioral psychology explain heroin addiction?


How I can help to a person with heroin addiction ?
I would like to ask how I can help person I love to get out from heroin addiction. I know thats a bad situation but I would like to try to help him and I dont know how. I had no idea about drugs and the only idea with I got its to do intervention but the question is how. I try to call nr from webside but they was totaly no help they give me nr for the centers and thats about it the point is how to get him there and what if they are not good. He say that he want to get out of it but on the othere hand he is out for 2 days and than he is back on. I dont want to just look at him killing himself or being worried because he does not pick up his phone and I dont know if he is still alive. Please help me find the right way to help him. Thank you.

How do I move on from a heroin addiction?
I am 53 days clean today after a 2 year heroin addiction. I have tried to get clean so many times in the past and have never made it past a week or so. I am now in an intensive outpatient 5 days a week, and attend NA regularly. I have also suffered from depression for the past 10 years. Now that I am off heroin, I can't explain the depressed, down, sad, lonely, and confused feelings I have. No matter what I do right now, I cannot get using off my mind. It haunts my dreams, I have extremely vivid using dreams, to the point where I wake up and feel like I'm in physical withdrawal again. I am wondering how long I have to feel so ashamed and sad, and wondering how long I have to live with this addiction haunting me and remaining so strongly in the forefront of my mind. I try and stay distracted I read, I play with my kids, I play video games, anything at all to distract myself but the second I stop whatever I'm doing I feel the addiction pulling and dragging me down so far that I can't help but wonder if I'll ever feel okay again. I never feel okay. I am lonely as my clean friends from before my addiction swore me off long ago, and my using friends I don't talk to or associate with anymore. I don't know how to get past this and I am asking for anyone's experience or advice. Serious answers only please.

Has anyone been successful from battling heroin addiction?
Somebody I know is trying to get clean from being addicted to heroin and I just want to know that it is possible, that you CAN live a normal, clean life......Can you guys please give me ur stories.....Even the negative ones......I just need hope

Does bungee jumping get rid of heroin addiction?
I don't actually believe this but i heard someone say it was a cure. just wanted to know

What are the pros and cons of methadone to treat heroin addiction?


How bad IS heroin addiction?
i mean, how strong or intense is the high?and how easy is it to get hooked? especially if you WERE hooked before, got clean & started using it again?AND, how difficult is it to stop? is it THAT hard for an addict to stop usin' heroin?? what does a heroin addict go thru when they try to quit?i ask, because yes, there is someone a close friend of mine who got clean a year ago, started using heroin again for maybe the last 9 months. i'm wondering if the body is going go to thru hell after 9 months of use, if so is the withdrawal hell for only a week, 4 days, a short timeframe, etc., and how painful are the withdrawals? is it enough to keep them from trying to stop? what are the mental effects? i dont quite understand this drug OR the addiction and i'm trying to know what i'm dealing with ....p.s. my friend has said she's gonna stop, went to detox, came out, used again, now she's out doing whatever she does .... i'm waiting for her to finally go to rehab but someone else close to me told me NOT TO HOLD MY BREATH & to just LET GO OF HER .....

On average, how long does it take to build a strong heroin addiction.?
Would it be realistic, if a character in a movie was given large although not large enough to kill doses of heroin over a few days, or up to a week, would that cause a heroin addiction? Or does heroin addictions, like we see in movies, take longer to build?