Heroin

Heroin effects are intense, but can be unpleasant. This article describes what it feels like to get high on heroin.

This article explains the symptoms that are commonly experienced when people go through heroin withdrawal.

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Five movies about heroin and heroin addiction.

Answer to the frequently asked quiestion: "What is asphyxiation?"

Cravings are a normal reactions to discontinuing drug use. They can easily trigger a relapse, but try these simple strategies for curbing your cravings before you score another hit.

Answer to the question, "What is Methadone?"

By their very nature, needle exchange programs require a private and secluded location. This protects the privacy of people who attend the program. So where do you find one, without revealing your drug addiction?

Needle exchange services provide injection drug users with clean needles, safe disposal of used needles, and sometimes other resources such as condoms, health advice, and access to treatment services.

If you have a problem with opiate dependence, burprenorphine may be the medication for you. But it isnt for everyone, so read more about this potentially helpful drug to find out if it would fit with your treatment plan.

Trying to understand a heroin addict? Understand how a heroin addict feels before, during and after taking heroin.

Here is an example of how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helped Jamie quit heroin. While the characters and the story are fictitious, the characteristics and circumstances described are typical of people who come for treatment. Jamie’s story is presented for illustrative purposes, to help readers understand how CBT can help people to quit heroin.

An overview of safe injection site, places where people can go to safely and privately inject drugs.

Extended use of the drug Suboxone (buprenorphine-naloxone) for twelve weeks, in conjuntion with counseling, produces better outcomes in young adults being treated for opioid addiction than use of the same drug for a two-week detoxification period, followed by counselling alone.

Glossary definition of the terms overdose.

Opiate intoxication article, from about.com's health topics A-Z.

Details of opiate withdrawal, from about.com's health topics A-Z.

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Heroin use is a high risk activity, and is best avoided completely. However, heroin users can take steps to reduce the potential harm of taking heroin.

Glossary definition of suboxone