Heroin Drug effect: Heroin users often report feelings of warmth, well being, euphoria, and contentment. Also it includes anxiety, mood swings, confusion, paranoia, euphoria or rush feeling which is followed by a relaxed content state.
Since opiates are painkillers, Heroin can reduce or eliminate pain. It can also lead to unconsciousness. Negative side effects include nausea, vomiting, constipation,
Heroin Description: Risks associated with using Heroin include becoming violently ill, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, cramps, loss of appetite (malnutrition), drowsiness, constricted pupils, watery eyes, itching, slow or shallow breathing, rapid heart rate, ringing in the ears or head, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and even death.
With regular Heroin use, tolerance develops. This means the abuser must use more Heroin to achieve the same intensity or effect. As higher doses are used over time, physical dependence and Addiction develop. With physical dependence, the body has adapted to the presence of the Drug and withdrawal symptoms may occur if use is reduced or stopped.
Heroin Dependency: Heroin is highly addictive.
Heroin Withdrawal symptoms: Heroin Withdrawal symptoms are some of the nastiest an addict can experience compared to Withdrawal from any other Drug. The individual who has become physically as well as psychologically dependent on Heroin will experience Heroin Withdrawal with an abrupt discontinuation of use or even a decrease in their daily amount of Heroin taken. The onset of Heroin 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
-jitteriness
Heroin Legal use: Illegal
Short-term effects
Apart from overdosing, the major issue with short-term use of any opiate is the way it is consumed. For instance, injecting heroin can causes skin, heart and lung infections, and diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.
