Heroin Addict: Methadone & Heroin Facts

heroin addict - Important information about methadone and heroin. Methadone is used to treat addiction to heroin and other drugs.

How can you tell if some one is a heroin addict?


Should I aid my sisters heroin addicted daughter?
My sisters daughter from the age of 18 has been addicted to street heroin and has been homeless now for the last two years she's now 22 .We are worried that she is prostituting herself and stealing to fund her habit. Physically she is unwell and underweight.Having failed methadone and rehabilitation programs I found myself wondering if I should offer some of my medication to stop her illegally obtaining her drugs.I am prescribed by a doctor a drug called Diamorphine for severe back pain and have been on it now for the last 14 years. Having been prescribed it professionally it has never done me any harm and I'm mentally as well as physically fine.The problem is that the medication that I'm prescribed is a cleaner version of what she takes on the street and I cant help but feel that I should offer part of my medication so she can go home and get straight. I'm not certain how much I could offer her as I have been stable at 400mg daily for over ten years now and am uncertain how much I could reduce within a week or so? I work as a Solicitor in London and am currently extremely over worked as it is but that is one sacrifice I would have to make.I've never broken the law and don't like the idea of doing so however this situation is extremely stress full for my sister and for all involved and I cant help but think that it would be best to relieve her of having to raise the money through illegal and dirty activities.It is not an option for my doctor to prescribe the heroin straight to her as Diamorphine is only prescribed for pain not addiction. The doctor agrees that for all the lack of side effects I've witnessed personally, it would be impossible for him to treat her due to a license being required.Any people who have been through similar experiences or have any suggestions would be gratefully heard from,Thankyou

	Methadone is a synthetic opioid used medically as a painkiller, but also to treat patients on opioids such as heroin.

My friend is a heroin addict?
I have a friend whom I have fought endlessly trying to make him to quit heroin. I now discovered that he has been shooting himself with a needle for the last 3 months. If I, along with his parents, manage to force him to stop taking anything, how long should he not be taking anything until he no longer craves for heroin? your answers will surely give me some clues on how to force him to quit whether he likes it or not. thanks

My sister is a heroin addict, what do i do?
My sister is 18, since she was 11 she has been a nightmare, kicked out of school at 12, in trouble with the police for selling drugs and attacking police officers at 13 sent to a special school for bad kids, in foster care as she lied and said my mum was horrible to her. When she was 17 she got on heroin. She Then came off it about 4 months later with help of pills. She then said she had changed and was stupid blah blah blah. Anyway i now find out from my mum she is back on it. I cant help but hating her so much, i have no sympathy and dont feel sorry for her in anyway. She used all the excuses such as i wanted to try it last time but for me, they dont work again. My poor mother is going out of her mind, she isnt sleeping and to make matters worse she is due to go on holiday for the first time in 5 years next week. She is thinking about cancelling now. I absolutely despise my sister for what she is doing. Im bored of her " No one loves me" and " you dont understand" stories How do i cope with this and help my mum cope? I live abroad which doesn't help. To me she is just a selfish, attention seeking nobody. It may sound harsh to a lot of you but unless you have been in the same situation then please don't bother judging I just need some advice please.She is too selfish and self absorbed to admit she has an addiction. To her its " oh we dont understand" or " oh we dont know what she is going through" . My mum isnt strong enough to just cut her off until she realises she is hurting everyone around her. All her boyfriends are junkies who sell heroin for a living. She is a lost cause as far as im concerned. Rehab isnt for her as she is too lazy to go and the doctors wont send her. As far as im concerned she is dead already. I know it sounds terrible and i hate saying it but the way i see it is that if she wasn't my sister i would feel the same, so why feel different because she is family? She has done nothing but cause my family grief since about the age of 12, and i wouldnt accept that from a stranger so why accept it from an attention seeking, immature child?Also to me its not an addiction, especially not twice, its a way of life. And thats the life she chooses to live. I just wish my mum would feel the same way.

17 year old Daughter denies being a heroin addict ( i have proven otherwise)?
My 17 year old daughter was taken into hospital for injection heroin for the first time and overdosing accidental the hospital rang me to tell me what had happened...She admitted to me that she had been smoking it for the last month, also smoking crack cocaine.When she came home i wouldn't let her out of my side i actually forbidden her to leave the house.Anyway i decided i needed a break and i asked her to move in with her dad, he is at work most of the time so he isn't around, so she is going out here there and everywhere he is also giving her money which i told him not too as she was buying heroin for just 5.00 a hit she told me .. Anyway i went round to check in her room and i found foil that was burnt and there was wraps of clingfilm on the floor. i even found a wrap with heroin still in that she had left. I know before she moved into her dads her uncle lived there he was also on heroin so she is telling me its what he had left and it is not hers.But her apperance is awful she is full of spots and rashes kind of thing on her face. she seems to be abit " dozy" and her eyes are very glazed and her pupils are either really large or really small, never normal.Don't know where to turn anymore, i love her to bits, she is attending a programme to get clean but her appointment is not untill next wednesday so in the mean time she will obviously be doing drugs as they havent given her a methadone script yet.She is doing nothing but lie but is denying being an addict. whats your advice?

Advice to EX-heroin addict who is thinking of relapsing, again?
I was smoking heroin for over two years, went to rehab got clean, but relapsed for the first time in 8 months a week ago. i bought a 20 smoked about 1 4 of it and sold it back to the person i bought it from. i thought i was doing really good since i didnt smoke it all and had the 'self control' to somewhat stop kinda. well now that i feel 'in control' i'm considering relapsing again. what should i do? any words of wisdom are appriciated. p.s. im off my meds for anger and depression. just stopped taking them like 3 mnths ago, starting to notice a difference now should i make an appt with my psychiatrist to discuss things?

Why would a heroin addict want to get high after being sober for 200+ days?
I am 18 years old. I started shooting heroin when I was sixteen. I fell off the edge and submitted myself to a terrible lifestyle. After coming to the conclusion I just wasn't happy, I quit using heroin. Detox was worse than death and I luckily made my way through my hell. I have now been sober for around 200 days. I am getting unrelentless urges to start using again even though i know the pain and horror i put myself through. Why now? I thought I left this behind me. Any tips?

Why do heroin addicts crave orange juice?
I work at an A& D facility and have wondered what it is about orange juice that makes heroin and other opioid dependants crave it.

Approximately how many heroin addicts in the world today?


What do heroin addicts live for?
I am doing a project in school about teens and heroin can someone halp me by giving me links?

I took a sip of a heroin addicts cough syrup, will I get hepatits C?
I know this guy who shoots up, and he had some cough syrup that looked uncrupulous, and I took a sip of it stupidly, and also drank out of his soda. Will I get hepatitis C? He doesnt currently shoot up, and is very young, like 23, but who knows, he probably has hep C is my guess.I dont want to have ruined the rest of my life, but I think I might have. Anyone know if I can get hep C from taking a tiny sip or two from an unscrupulous persons beverage? im not as worried about aids because of the need for blood to blood contact etc. Also, I have had hep B vaccinations....Also, this cough syrup was the stuff with vicodin in it, and it was bought from another person who was a drug user.Ok, thanks for the answers guys, but lets say he %100 HAS hep C. Does that change anything? my guess is he probably does. Its that bad. Also, I was hanging out with him because Ive known him since elementary school, and he needed a ride to a job....I used to do oxycontin and vicodin with him, and he had some cough syrup that had vicodin in it, and I stupidly took a small sip of it. I know, its dumb. What worries me most is that he bought it from another druggie, and who knows WHAT that guy has.HOW LONG SHOULD I WAIT TO GET TESTED?I heard with aids you have to wait up to a year....

What is the best way to handle a heroin addict looking to get clean?
The person I love relapsed a few weeks back after a year and some of being clean. The reason he got clean the 1st time was because one of his best friends overdosed a day after xmas... Him and his 3 neighbors who are all the same age and were all best friends...are addicts. Not only them but heroin is everywhere in this town. I really need some advice to figure out what would be the best situation for him. He wants to get the help, so that's the important thing. He has no health insurance btw. And what are the best ways I can stay positive taking care of him for the next 7 days. I had to quit my job because it was either one or the other....saving a life is far more important especially because it's my other half. Please help

Where do heroin addicts get their heroin?
so im doing a story about a guy who is a heroin addict and i have a question......so first where would heroin addicts get their heroin? im talking about the needles.

What is it like to be a heroin addict?
What is it like to be a heroin addict?Not me I just have to do an oral interpretation of " Smack" by Melvin Burgess. I want to convey the emotions of the main character as best as I can, please help out? What goes through the mind of a heroin addict, what goes through the mind when one takes it in, and how does it make you feel? Also what are the withdrawal symptoms?