Heroin Addiction: Methadone Facts

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

Anabolic steroids r used in treating AIDS, r they used for alcoholism/ heroin addictions?
IMO, A list actors use steroids for more than bulking up.I think they use steroids therapeutically as maintenance to overcomeaddictions to alcohol and heroin and other street drugs. For menopause? Bipolar?The premise behind this ? is not generallyaccepted. There is no APPARENTconnection between treating AIDS patients with steroids & treating addicts withsteroids but after reading & seeingactors with big substance abuse& then seeing them looking not massivebut bulked in a short time. Agents will not like my ?

When you go to rehab for heroin addiction how much weight do you gain?
how much weight would you assume if the person was 5'9 and 115 pounds female thanks

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

Is it possible/or at all likely to get over heroin addiction?
I care about someone who is 20 years old and has been shooting heroin for like a couple of years maybe since about 15 , off and on... already been to rehab a few times, been locked up for stealing because of the addiction.. it's just bad. I haven't really been around it and just found out so its really hard to take this all in but WHAT HE TOLD ME is that he's going to check himself into rehab for 14 days and he wants to stay clean. But he just used yesterday when I found out but he said they wouldn't take him last time he tried to go because he had been clean for 14 days. Like I said I know nothing about it I was just kinda thrown in there for having feelings for the kid.. So he has a really strong support system & people that care about him unfortunately he's one of those people that could have a really great life and he said it himself he had everything going for him & screwed it all up, he's mad at himself, he blames others for it, and ect. So I feel like we were making progress but I just haven't been around it so closely before and my cousin said she has never seen someone be addicted to shooting heroin and fully quit... It's just a sad situation all around and I just wanna have hope that he can overcome it so what are the odds..???

Have you heard of a drug used in Europe that cures heroin addiction?
I just saw Law & Order Special Victims Unit, Season 11, Episode 7. It included discussion of a drug, called something like idocaine, that has been used in Europe to cure heroin addiction in 24 hours with no significant side effects. In the story, it was said that it is illegal in the US because the patent protection has run out on it, so no drug company can make money on it. Therefore, they won't spend the money to put it through the FDA's approval process.Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? And if so, how would we go about persuading Congress to put up the money to get it approved? Or maybe change the rules so the work done in Europe would be counted as evidence of its value. After all, it would save lives and also bring the crime rate way down, save tons of money in a variety of ways.

Where can I get treatment for heroin addiction if I have no money or insurance in Pennsylvania?


Is ibogaine a Legitimate treatment for heroin addiction?


Dreams and heroin addiction?
I recently quit using heroin, and after days of battling the withdrawal symptoms, I realized something that I've not noticed before. It seems as though whenever I fall asleep, I dream about using heroin. It's not subtle, either. It's pretty blatant. When I wake up I'll be sweating and disoriented, and realize that I have, once again, had a dream about heroin.Does this happen to a lot of recovering addicts?

How can i get clean from heroin addiction?
my name is Jason im 23 yrs old and i have been an addict for a few years. i cant stop doing heroin i smoke it and also shoot up a couple times a day its so hard for me i cant quit i used to have a good life and good friends i was a football player and baseball and basketball i had it all money car everything and ive lost it all i started off with just weed then tried things here and there and drank and stuff then i tried oxys and got hooked then heroin and here i am today i live with 3 other addicts which were my good friends before we got addicted and also i got my ex hooked on it too and she is having trouble trying to get clean i feel so bad she used to try to get me to stop and now she cant this last weekend she overdosed shes fine but it was scary and a couple of my other friends have overdosed cuz they shoot up too much when they think they can handle it i need help what can i do rehab hasnt worked i want to be clean. and i want my friends to get clean. i wanna be who i was a few years ago everyone says drugs changed me and i want to change back to who i was and to have my life back.

Anyone heard of treating heroin addiction and depression with marijuana?
I am looking for websites or articles that talk about this issue. This is a serious question and I would really appreciate serious answers. I know that marijuana has medicinal uses and that both depression and heroin addiction are treated with pharmaceutical drugs which can sometimes be just as harmful. The person is already off of the heroin and has gone through the withdrawals. The doctors put them on a medication combination that has caused them even worse depression. I understand that marijuana is more natural but a lot of people think it too is addictive...then again some people don't. I'm wondering if any research has been done on the issue. Thanks.

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?

My daughter has had a heroin addiction for several years. What more can I do? Serious only this is life/death?
My daughter is in her mid 20's. She has had little clean time over the last 4 years. She has been through rehab centers and jail. She is now a convicted felon. But I received information from a trusted person she does not live with me that she " has one foot in the grave." She looks horrible, expensive daily for H, so she is prostituting daily. Therefore, I called her local crisis center to try and force green warrant her into treatment. But I was not getting much help. So, I called the police who promptly told me if she did not answer the motel door where she is living there was nothing he could do. But, they agreed to check her out, and if there were were drugs in sight, etc she would be arrested. I love my daughter so I would rather she be alive and in jail. A little later my daughter calls me screaming wanting to know why I called the police. I understand her addiction, which seems to have spurs, so I told her because I love her. She told me " now you will never know where I am again" and hung up on me. I am at a lost for help. She has no health insurance and because she is a felon she is limited to assistance.

Tips for getting over heroin addiction. ?
I started doing heroin a while back. I'm getting out of control. The parents don't know and I have to keep it that way. Or I won't be safe. And I think I lost the only woman I'll ever love last night. So I need help with quitting cold turkey. By the way. I'm fifteen.

Can you kick a heroin addiction on your own without withdrawals?
Can you kick a heroin addiction by using less and less until you're doing like 1 hit per month?I am not using heroin, and I never will.

Heroin Addiction or Addiction to Blood?
SWIM made a lot of bad decisions in their life and their heroin addiction def ranks at the top. The thing is they have made great progress on the road to recovery but have mentioned many times to me that its not about the drugs anymore. They love the act of drawing blood and after injection look forward to drinking their own blood. Is this normal. They use clean needles and never share. Is there such a thing as a blood addiction