HEROIN ADDICTION
DRUG REHAB
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Short-term effects of heroin include: warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, slurred speech, constricted pupils and droopy eyelids, as well as itchy skin.
Heroin also poses special problems because of the transmission of HIV and other diseases that can occur from sharing needles or other injection equipment.
Heroin is sometimes sniffed, or the fumes from the heated powder is inhaled (this method is sometimes called "chasing the dragon").
According to the National Household Survey for 1994, 2.2 million Americans have tried heroin; 191,000 had used it in the previous 30 days.
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Heroin
Withdrawal 
Heroin addiction withdrawal
symptoms are some of the nastiest an addict can experience compared to addiction
withdrawal from any other drug. The individual who has become physically as
well as psychologically dependent on heroin will experience heroin addiction
withdrawal with an abrupt discontinuation of use or even a decrease in their
daily amount of heroin taken. The onset of heroin addiction withdrawal symptoms
begin six to eight hours after the last dose is administrated. Major heroin
withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose of heroin
and subdue after about one week. The symptoms of heroin withdrawal produced
are similar to a bad case of the flu.
Symptoms of
Heroin withdrawal include but are not limited to:
- dilated pupils
- piloerection (goose
bumps)
- watery eyes
- runny nose
- yawning
- loss of appetite
- tremors
- panic
- chills
- nausea
- muscle cramps
- insomnia
- stomach cramps
- diarrhea
- vomiting
- shaking
- chills or profuse sweating
- irritability
- jitterness
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