Heroin Dependency
Heroin dependency, according to the National Institute on
Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Health, can cause serious health
problems, including fatal overdosing, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins,
and infections diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. The drug is processed
from morphine (a naturally occurring substance extracted from the Asian poppy
plant), and users frequently become addicted to heroin. It depresses the
central nervous system, clouding the user's mental functioning. Heroin usually
appears as a white or brown powder, with street names that include "smack," "H," "skag," and "junk."
The short-term effects of heroin abuse appear shortly after a single dose
and disappear in a few hours. After a heroin injection, the user reports
feeling a surge of euphoria, accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin,
a dry mouth, and heaviness in the extremities. Following this initial rush,
the user goes "on the nod," a state of alternating wakefulness
and drowsiness. Long-term effects of heroin appear after repeated use. Those
addicted to heroin may develop collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining
and valves, abscesses (pus-filled pockets inside inflamed, infected tissue),
cellulitis (a bacterial infection of the skin), and liver disease. Pulmonary
complications, including various types of pneumonia, may result from the
poor health condition of the user addicted to heroin, as well as from the
drug's depressing effects on respiration.
Reports from SAMHSA's 1995 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), which collects
data on drug-related hospital emergency room episodes and drug-related deaths
from 21 metropolitan areas, rank heroin as the second highest drug involved
in drug-related deaths. From 1990 to 1995, the number of heroin-related episodes
doubled. Between 1994 and 1995, there was a 19 percent increase in heroin-related
emergency department episodes.
Heroin Detox
Traditional methods of treatment for Heroin dependency-talk
therapy along with medicinal treatment to lessen the pain of withdrawal-often
have low success rates (less than 10% after the first year) due to Heroine's
powerful, physically addictive properties. A newer and quicker method of Heroin
detox is Accelerated Neuro-Regulation (ANR), a rapid drug treatment that
is being used with increasing success for opiate dependency. ANR, also known
as the Waismann Method of rapid detox, treats Heroin dependency as a physical
disease that can be overcome with advanced medical techniques. ANR eliminates
the cravings that often accompany traditional opiate detox treatments. The
Waismann Method has been clinically proven to be effective for those addicted
to heroin.
During Heroin detox using ANR or the Waismann Method, the body's opiate receptors
are cleansed of opiates while the patient is anaesthetized and asleep. The
goal is to rid the body of physical heroin dependency: the patient literally
sleeps through physical withdrawal. The Waismann Method reports higher success
rates in treating opiate dependency than do clinics utilizing more traditional
techniques.
Are You Addicted To Heroin?
If you or someone you know may be addicted to Heroin, contact
the Heroin detox experts today and break the chain of opiate dependency.
