How To Help A Loved One Through Heroin Withdrawal

Heroin overdose is a problem for you as a new user and also if you are an old user because it is generally not easy to determine the purity of the heroin you are consuming. Sugar, starch, or quinine are common ingredients in heroin sold on the street.

There is an additional risk when heroin is coupled with substances like strychnine. Slowed and shallow breathing, seizures, coma, and sometimes even death are symptoms of an overdose of heroin. All these can occur whether you smoke, snort or inject the substance.

The CDC reported that nearly 20% of all opioid-related deaths involved heroin in 2020. You will likely suffer from tricky withdrawal symptoms when you stop using heroin abruptly.

According to the NIDA, heroin abuse can trigger a series of complications. Many of the chemicals in street heroin may be difficult to dissolve, resulting in obstruction of blood arteries leading to the liver, lungs, kidneys, or brain. Scarred or ruptured blood vessels, pathogenic microorganisms of the veins and arteries and heart valves, boils, and other soft-tissue infections are all medical repercussions of prolonged injection usage.

It might cause infection or even death in small patches of tissues and cells in vital organs. These contaminants may trigger an immune response that causes rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic conditions.

The transmission of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, and other blood-borne infections may occur if intravenous equipment or fluids are shared. Furthermore, a drug user’s sexual partner and children risk contracting the disease.