Heroin Addiction: Methadone & Heroin Facts

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

What can you tell me about heroin addiction?

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

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 .....

I love him so much bu how can I help his heroin addiction?
I'm madl in love with this guy and vice versa. He's the most sweet perfect person in the world. he's beautiful and nice and smart. He a psychadellic rock musician. I LOVE his music. it's beautiful. he is oe of those artsy guys who has the crazy messed up hair and sits aroud wriig songs and paiting.He had a pretty tough ime growig up. lets just say he's been abandoned many time. He's been sufferig a really bad heroin addiction.He wans to sop so bad but he's clinically depressed and has been to rehab but is strugglig. we live together and when he is high he doesn't really talk and if i try to talk to him he gets kinda mad. but when he's sober he tells my he loves me and treats me great and is the most amazing guy once he even broke down cryig saying he has to quite and he doesn't want to loose me. I don't want to loose him I love him so much what should I do?

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

What are the side-effects of heroin addiction...and if it's a relapse?
My best friend's boyfriend has just relapsed. He had been acting very snappy and temperamental recently I'm wondering what we should be looking for.

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

Are there any good Christian books to help with heroin addiction recovery?
My fiance has been hiding a heroin addiction for several months. He had claimed that he quit many times, however never truly did. It wasn't until he went to jail for assault, and he was unable to do it for a couple weeks, that he stopped using. While in jail, he began reading the Bible and praying, and has taken a newfound interest in these things and is finding inspiration in them. I want to encourage this, and was wondering if anybody knew of any inspirational books on how to deal with beating addictions from a Christian standpoint heroin specifically would be good, however drugs in general would be extremely helpful as well . I have done internet searches for such books with almost no luck. Thanks in advance for your answers

Why is methadone used for heroin addiction? Can a person die if they quit cold turkey?


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?

Heroin addiction...crystal meth....dextroamphetamine?
heroin addicts who are willingly trying to get off, or more usually being forced off one way or another are prescribed Crystal methadone LEGALLY in Ireland by medics, Im not sure of the procedure outside the country, its irrelevant anyway to me... Crystal meth is a highly addictive drug....now there after developing a new drug, dextroamphetamine....to help heroin addicts who were given Crystal meth to get off the heroin in the first place, to get them off the crystal meth..... I think its a huge waste of resources, time, research and life Because people are dying inevitably daily from the addiction to pass addicts from one addiction to the other, while there not solving the problem of addiction....merely prolonging it and worsening it ?? Is it just me that thinks this?? ok and i dont want one worded answers....unless there not from idiots here we have both, but crystal meth is more common.see smart ppl like OPC Are actually educating me thanks im too tired for this I need bed just post anything else you know cos im confusing myself

Question about Heroin addiction?
I'm writing a book and I have a character who has been addicted to heroin for years whom is trying to stop.I was wondering if there are any side effects to stopping heoin suddenly with out any help from a doctor. Something like shaking or chills or something or anything that makes it exetremely hard. What is it like?Thanks I know it's a bizarre question.Alsowhat are the main drugs hippies took besides Lsd Acid?

Heroin addiction , keeps people going to Jail?
I am a 28 year old guy who has had a heroin problem for a few Years now. I did almost 2 years in prison from it for posession and Theft charges. I got out a year ago , and have struggled on and off. Im clean now but back in january I relapsed and i was so desperate for cash that i stole from a store. Now im alraedy under supervision by Probation . Obviously stupid i know but i was dopesick . Anyway when i left the store i set alarm off and was asked by employees to stop but i had the car parked out front so i just got in and drove off. Ever since this happened ive been so scared that they could have gotten my plate numbers. It wasnt anything big, just a couple of shirts that i was gonna sell.....So ive seen my Po , and he didnt know about it , ive even been pulled over for speeding ,and they didnt have any warrant on me , and ive asked at the courthouse if i had warrants and they said no,............so its been a few months now, did they probably just let it go ............................

Heroin addiction, recovery and relapse?
It has happened to me. After nearly 3 years of recovery I relapsed and I m fully addicted and physically dependant on heroin again. I don t know what to do, I m so ashamed of myself. None of my friends or family knows that I am using. My fianc does not even know and she is in recovery too. I tried to quit a week ago, I made it 3 days but on the 4th day I was overwhelmed by anxiety and panic attacks. The only way I could relieve the panic attack was by using. I want help but I don t know where to turn. I work at a small company and they don t offer any health insurance benefits. Without any insurance I cant even get into detox or treatment. I m so afraid to get honest with family friends because they will want me to stop immediately and get help, but where will I be able to get the help. I know the sooner I get honest the better but I can t bring myself to do it. I finally got sober when I was 29 and I was so happy that when I turned 30 I was in recovery and I believed I would never go back to using. In two weeks I ll be turning 32 years old and in the throws of addiction. I truly want to recover again and I want the process to begin as soon as possible. But with the herion I can t just stop it s not that simple no matter how strong my desire. I live in Minneapolis mn with my fianc in our first home we bought last year. We have worked so hard In recovery to overcome challenges resulting from our past. For example I have a criminal record several pages long and struggle to find work. After a year of recovery my current employer took a chance on me and offered me a great job and a respectable salary. I fear now that I have relapsed it will cost me my job and eventually even lose my house and fianc .Any suggestions?