Heroin Addiction: Methadone & Heroin Facts

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

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.

Can heroin addiction make you mentally ill?
I just have to know cause my friend stephen,his nickname is squash, he is a junkie. See he moved in with a day ago and all he do is snort inject heroin,smoke,and sleep.he barely eat. So is he about 2 loose his mind?

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

Help for heroin addiction?
I have a friend that's addicted to heroin. She's been addicted to it for 10 years. Since August, she has gone to 5 different drug treatment programs and nothing has worked. In patient and out patient. A couple of days ago, I took her to an annex of Coney Island hospital for out patient care. It was too late in the day. They said she should go there today at 9 00 A.M. I took her there then. They were suppose to do a urine test. Instead of giving her a prescription, a quack therapist gave her gibberish. Stay away from Coney Island hospital, all other city hospitals, and welfare. All of them are garbage. I'm located at zip code 11235. Where can she get a prescription for Suboxone from a private doctor that accepts medicaid?

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?

About heroin addiction..?
my dad died, because of a heroin addiction. he had an overdosei don't know much about the topic, and ive researched a little, but i cant really grasp the full picture,i was wondering if anyone could tell me what happens, in a heroin overdose, i saw a horrible picture of a drug overdose victim r.i.p , her body was red and blue and white. please, give me some idea, i want to know what happened, etc. i don't really know exactly. what would his body have done, are you in pain, what exactly happens? if anyone knows anything then please, give me some sort of idea.thank youx

My friend/boyfriend is a heroin addiction?
I've know this guy for about 2 3 years now. As soon as i met him i had a little thing i liked who he was and how relaxed he was. Soon after he started acting weird and i cut off most contact with him because i found out he was using heroin. I heard horrible things about him for about 6 months about how bad of a junkie he was. Then he went to Florida for about a year and recently just came back he got a hold of me and we started talking again,and i started really liking him again.We've been spending a lot of time together lately and we're dating but I've been noticing he's been acting really strange lately. i know hes messed up,he'll go away for about 15 Min's at the time and come back speech slurred,he'll sit down and start nodding and falling asleep. I've noticed some track marks. I want to confront him,because i cant stand the stupid BS. But i also really care about him and just don't want to leave him. I want to help even though i know he has to want it first.So my question is should i confront him? Will he overreact? How should i do it?Sorry about the novel lolEven if i do leave him i still want to confront him i don't know how do go about doing it. that's what i need help with.He also told me he had quit while he was in Florida

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.

What is the best treatment for heroin addiction?


I have been in a four year relationship with a wonderful man who has a heroin addiction. when he is clean ( le?
when he is clean he is wonderful sweet and kind. We have 3 sons 2 are mine and one is his. The little ones have grown uop together..When he is using however he changes he is sneaky and lies of course. He has relapsed 3 times in 4 years once for 6 months once for 3 and this time he is still going strong at about 4 1 2 months. I had to ask him to leave our house as i felt angry didn't want to leave him with the kids and of course you can not yuse drugs and live in our house we agreed on it after his last bout of rehab. This tie he has taken a turn for the worse living with a drug dealer and probably dealing himself but i am not sure of that. I have kept the lines of communication open and see him one or two times a week for about 20 minutes. He is making no attempt to change anything or go to rehab all though he tells me he wants to , he doesnt answer or text back when i contact him for hours then complains im bugging him and shuts his phone off. he has never been so mean as he is now a

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.

What is the chances of someone staying clean from heroin addiction?


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.

How can i get clean from heroin addiction?
Im a 23 year old guy 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 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 i need help what can i do rehab hasnt worked i want to be clean.

Can Marijuana help Heroin addiction?
I told my friend to stop using heroin and replace it by smoking marijuana but he doesnt think it will work.. Marijuana is a depressant so wouldn't it give the same but milder effects?