Heroin Abuse

Using heroin in any way can be considered abuse as it is an illegal narcotic drug with no accepted medical use. Using heroin one time can lead to addiction for some. For others, it may take a few uses. Because all use of heroin can be considered recreational, addiction is almost a certainty with repeated use. Heroin is synthesized from morphine and the abuse of this drug is a major problem in the U.S. As with other opiates, regular use can cause a person to develop a tolerance, requiring them to continually increase their dose to feel the effects. Over time, the escalation of doses and use produces a physical dependence to heroin. A physical addiction to heroin is present if the body goes through withdrawal upon cessation of use or gradual reduction. Because heroin can be extremely potent, the withdrawal that comes with it is equally intense.

Heroin Use Can Be Devastating to Health and Society

Using heroin can be extremely damaging to a person’s health. In addition to the risk of addiction and a painful withdrawal, users also risk complications including overdose, death, respiratory arrest, serious heart infections, collapsed veins, abscesses, pneumonia, miscarriages and infectious diseases including hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. Heroin abuse can be extremely destructive in other ways as well. Once addicted, users become preoccupied with getting the drug and using it. The need to use heroin quickly becomes overwhelming and all-consuming. This can lead people down a path of risky behavior in their quest to get a “fix” and/or avoid the sickness withdrawal creates. Heroin abuse can ruin relationships, destroy careers and lead to serious legal problems. The societal impacts of heroin abuse are astounding. The fallout impacts the medical establishment, criminal justice system and courts.

How Heroin Works on the Body

Different routes of administration are used by those who abuse heroin. It can be injected, smoked, snorted or sniffed, all which deliver the drug quickly to the brain. All of these routes can lead to addiction and other health risks. Once heroin makes its way to the brain, it’s converted to morphine and binds to opioid receptors. These receptors are located in the brain and throughout the body, especially in areas involved in pain perception and pleasure/reward.

Waismann Method Offers Safe Way Out of Heroin Addiction

If heroin use has become a problem and addiction has taken hold of your life, there is a safe way out. The Waismann Method of Accelerated Neuro-Regulation effectively and safely treats heroin addiction without opiate substitutes. Performed in an accredited hospital, patients are first given a battery of tests to gauge internal organ and gastrointestinal damage from opiate use. The actual procedure takes less than two hours and uses medicine to cleanse the heroin from patients’ opiate receptors. This happens while patients are under deep sedation administered by board-certified anesthesiologists. The withdrawal phase is accelerated and occurs while the patient is sedated. They awake opiate-free without awareness of withdrawal symptoms that occurred. 

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