Heroin: Methadone & Heroin Facts

Question: Are pain pills a form of heroin? 10 points?

(Posted by: bee on 2010-08-25 10:53:23)

Is that true? And the The effects of heroin sound similar to a lot of other drugs. How can you tell which drug a person is using? Or can you not? a family member claims to be having withdrawals from pain pills, can you have withdrawals from pain pills? also said it is a form of heroin, T/ F??

Posted by: Pik on 2010-08-25, 11:08:08

Depends on the type of medication... herion is an opiate... Vicoden, Codeine, morphine, and demerol (which are all common pain killers) are also opiates so yes, they are related to heroin.... Yes, many pain pill are addictive and have horrible withdrawals.. many people have to go to rehab to be able to stop taking them.... You can not tell which drug someone is taking......... Thumbs down all you like but everything I said can easily be confirmed by just doing a little research on the internet........ People who thumbs down easily verifiable facts piss me off.

Posted by: Heather on 2010-08-25, 11:00:53

...depends on the pain pills that person is taking.....i herd when some people have cancer they get some pretty heavy doeses of pain killer......and i herd herion comes from opium but yah idk.....i kinda doubt it unless he'ss useing illegal "pain killers "....but who knows! People have differant needs. Also i think herion numbs the whole bodey so it is a possible pain reliever...but yah idont really know anything about this stuff....hope i helped?

Posted by: Simon W on 2010-08-25, 11:01:35

Heroin converts to morphine so it has the same effect as some pain pills, but the dose is normally much higher with people who abuse heroin.

Posted by: I Love Richard KHC on 2010-08-25, 11:05:42

Yes, Heroin is an opiate and their are several pain killers that are very similar. Oxycontin, Morphine, and many others will have some of the same withdraws that heroin junkies have. They are very addicting to the body.