Heroin Addiction

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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.

If you know anything about heroin addiction, can you answer this?
Would it be realistic for a person who is normally extremely shy to suddenly become loud and outgoing and angry when she starts using heroin? It's for a story I'm writing.

Could my ex-heroin addiction be the reason why my jaw hurts after physical activity?
Just wondering if there's a connection there...I was playing an intense game of basketball the other day and afterward my jaw was killing me, and I was not hit or anything...

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?

Anabolic steroids r used in treating AIDS, r they used for alcoholism/ heroin addictions?
IMO, A list actors use steroids for more than bulking up.I think they use steroids therapeutically as maintenance to overcomeaddictions to alcohol and heroin and other street drugs. For menopause? Bipolar?The premise behind this ? is not generallyaccepted. There is no APPARENTconnection between treating AIDS patients with steroids & treating addicts withsteroids but after reading & seeingactors with big substance abuse& then seeing them looking not massivebut bulked in a short time. Agents will not like my ?

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.

Where can I get treatment for heroin addiction if I have no money or insurance in Pennsylvania?


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

How to help a friend overcome heroin addiction?
My friend sells her body to get money for drugs. I don't know how to confront her because she might get defensive and think I am being nosey.

Very important question about heroin addiction?
my boyfriend is addicted to heroin and does a pretty good job of hiding it most of the time, however occasionally i find needles and other paraphernalia.He always denies everything, and i always seem to have a hard time catching him in a lie.Main question, theres blood in a needle i just found, how long does it take blood in a needle to coagulate?

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 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.

Anyone heard of treating heroin addiction and depression with marijuana?
I am looking for websites or articles that talk about this issue. This is a serious question and I would really appreciate serious answers. I know that marijuana has medicinal uses and that both depression and heroin addiction are treated with pharmaceutical drugs which can sometimes be just as harmful. The person is already off of the heroin and has gone through the withdrawals. The doctors put them on a medication combination that has caused them even worse depression. I understand that marijuana is more natural but a lot of people think it too is addictive...then again some people don't. I'm wondering if any research has been done on the issue. Thanks.

Heroin Addiction or Addiction to Blood?
SWIM made a lot of bad decisions in their life and their heroin addiction def ranks at the top. The thing is they have made great progress on the road to recovery but have mentioned many times to me that its not about the drugs anymore. They love the act of drawing blood and after injection look forward to drinking their own blood. Is this normal. They use clean needles and never share. Is there such a thing as a blood addiction