| Heroin addiction treatment is more intricate than any | | | | most popularly used medicines of heroin addiction |
| other substance dependence. This is largely because | | | | treatment. |
| of several long term and short term side effects of | | | | 1) Methadone has got more than 30 years of history |
| drug on the human body. In fact, people report | | | | behind it use as a synthetic opiate medication. It |
| about bouts of depression, clouded thought, slowed | | | | binds to the same receptors as the heroin and as |
| functioning of the central nervous system as well as | | | | such reduces the craving for the substance. It also |
| slurred speeches constipation and vomiting. Besides | | | | prevents withdrawal symptoms and acts as an |
| the above short term ill effects, heroin abusers | | | | effective sedating substance. |
| suffer from slow gait, droopy eyelids, constricted | | | | 2) Buprenorphine is more recently approved. It is |
| pupils, impaired vision, flushing of the skin, a dry | | | | being administered into subjects as an effective |
| mouth, constant drowsiness, etc. | | | | medicine for heroin addiction treatment. The medicine |
| Side by side there are other long term effects of | | | | is known to have lesser risk than methadone. One |
| heroin addiction. Most chronic abusers of heroin | | | | can discontinue its use whenever they want, as well |
| develop infection on the inner lining of the respiratory | | | | as it has lower dependence than other medicines |
| system and the heart. It also extends further into | | | | which are used for heroin treatment. |
| the heart valves and abscesses. Alongside lungs and | | | | 3) Naltrexone, on the other hand is widely used as |
| liver one other vital organ effected with excessive | | | | relapse prevention medicines on heroin users. It is |
| over use of heroin is liver. Heroin addicts suffer from | | | | approved for use on all patients. However, the |
| liver diseases and complications in circulatory system | | | | medicine is not as effective as the other two. It has |
| like clogging of blood vessels that that supplies | | | | lower patient compliance and it is prescribed to |
| nutrients to liver kidney, lungs and brain. As a result, | | | | outpatient addicts who are unable to go through the |
| addicts suffer from various pulmonary complications | | | | entire treatment program inside residential setting. For |
| like pneumonia, liver cirrhosis, as well as organ failure, | | | | drug users residential treatment facilities are the best. |
| etc. Subjects also die with overuse and constant use | | | | It provides controlled setting which is ideal for drug |
| of heroin. | | | | users who want to restrain them from further drug |
| Medicine is one of the most essential as well as | | | | use. |
| effective treatments. Subjects prevent relapse and | | | | 4) Naloxone is one of the shortest-acting blocker for |
| fight the withdrawal symptoms of heroin | | | | opioid receptor. It is used in cases of overdose. |
| detoxification with medicines such as: | | | | Regular users suffer from a whole variety of ill |
| Methadone | | | | effects and different severity in heroin addiction |
| Buprenorphine | | | | affects. It is not easily curable, but also not entirely |
| Naltrexone | | | | impossible to leave. A small percentage of the |
| Naloxone | | | | adductors are successfully being able to quit the use |
| There are other medicines as well, but these | | | | of his drug to live a sober life. |
| medicines are considered one of the best and the | | | | |