Heroin Overdose: Methadone & Heroin Facts

Question: How long does it take to die from a heroin overdose?

(Posted by: memehid on 2010-05-15 21:59:07)

My ex husband just passed away this past week and I'm confused. He went out with his brother (which is when he did the drug) than came home, ate supper, got really sweaty and said he was tired. He went to bed around 11pm. She sleep in a really deep sleep all night. He was breathing the next morning and still had color before his roommate left for school(8 am). (He checked on him before he left) The roommate forgot something at home and came back about 10 minutes later and my ex's brother said he called 911 because he wasn't breathing. When the roommate went in to do CPR my ex was now a bluish color and still in the same spot he was when the roommate left 10 minutes earlier. So can it take hours to die from this or does anyone have any other suggestions as to what it could have been. My ex had been clean for almost 2 years prior to this and deathly afraid of needles so the whole thing sound strange to me.

Posted by: biggie on 2010-05-15, 22:06:35

This calls for sherlock holmes, but no, it depends on the persons body, if it cant take it, most probably it would, but i also think its strange, i suggest you better tell the police.

Posted by: Hey on 2010-05-15, 22:06:55

First off I'm sorry about the tragedy. I have read that it can happen quickly or take hours. It depends on the purity of the heroin and what other chemicals were in it.