What are the symptoms of heroin use?

Answer 1

Someone who is withdrawing from longtime heroin abuse and dependence is at risk of serious medical complications and should seek professional medical personnel for help. Some effects of withdrawal include:

Intense craving for heroin

Extreme sweating

Nausea and vomiting

Severe muscle aches and pains

Cramping in the limbs

Feelings of heaviness of the body

Extreme pain in muscles and bones

Crying jags

Insomnia

Cold sweats

Runny nose

Fever

Diarrhea

Death can occur when other medical conditions are present.

Answer 2

Symptoms of heroin withdrawal can include:

*Nausea 

*Stomach pain/ abdominal cramps 

*Sweats/chills  

*Muscle and bone aches 

*Restlessness  

*Tremors 

*Increased anxiety  

*Depression 

*Insomnia 

*Rapid heart rate 

*Drug cravings

Answer 3

Heroin withdrawal can cause mood changes, depression, cravings for heroin, bodily aches and pains, diarrhea, nausea, fever, sleep problems (insomnia), and restlessness. Withdrawal differers depending upon how long and intensely the user has used heroin.

Answer 4

I used to be addicted to heroin for almost ten years and what to look for if you suspect someone you know is using heroin would be injection marks but many people snort heroin so this may not apply excessive sickness including extreme diarrhea vomiting depression usually followed by sudden recovery and feeling better than ok at the blink of an eye nodding out, constipation spending money with nothing to show for it extreme ups and Downs alot of my time when I was using was spent running around trying to score so that I could get up the next morning and make it through work because your not going to work all day "dope sick" going on suboxone was the best decision I've ever made you don't abuse it because its not recreational it makes you feel normal but not high and your prescription actually lasts all month without having to go to the clinic every morning like methadone which is also dangerous. Hope this helps

Answer 5

The withdrawals from heroin are considered ten times worse than the common cold. Although you cannot die from heroin withdrawal unlike Alcohol and Benzodiazepine withdrawal. Being a a heroin addict in recovery myself i know from personal experience that the symptoms of heroin withdrawal are: runny nose, cold sweats, cold chills, basically being cold the whole time, diarrhea, bone pain, muscle spasm, abdominal cramping, and the two worst ones are the insomnia and high anxiety. The worst of these symptoms peak from day 3-4 of withdrawals and the days start getting better after a week from your last dosage. I would say the withdrawals come in waves but although they won't kill you, you will want to die. If you are reading this I hope it turns you away from using heroin, oxycontin, vicodin or any opioid, they are the devil.

The signs and symptoms of heroin withdrawal are the opposite of the direct pharmacological effects of heroin, and are typically compared to a bad case of flu depending on the user´s history of heroin use. On the other hand, withdrawal severity depends on dose and route of administration. A substantial portion of the physical symptoms seem to depend on the activity of a part of the brainstem called the locus coeruleus. Opiates depress this area and it would therefore be expected to become hyperactive during withdrawal. The locus coeruleus is an important center in the brain's fear-alarm system, and such hyperactivity would be consistent with the marked anxiety and agitation that withdrawing addicts report.

Heroin withdrawal typically begins 6 to 8 hours after the user's last dose of heroin. The most severe withdrawal symptoms tend to be experienced around 48 to 72 hours after the user's last dose and last for an average of a week.

Anxiety and strong desire for the drug (cravings). Watery eyes, watery discharge from the nose, and yawning. Dilated (enlarged) pupils of the eyes, loss of appetite, shakes, hot and cold flashes, muscle cramps and aching body, fever, high blood pressure, fast pulse, goose flesh and rapid breathing, diarrhea, vomiting, low blood pressure, and dehydration.

Depression is also a symptom of heroin withdrawal. During withdrawal, many individuals experience such a deep and overwhelming depression and a feeling like they're going to die, that they are not able to make it through the withdrawal process, and that is what leads to relapses. Withdrawal, nevertheless, almost never kills anyone. It can be harmful to people with HIV/AIDS. It can also be harmful to the fetus if a woman is pregnant, and to anyone with a serious health problem.

Answer 6

I myself am very familiar with opiate withdrawal. Ill just say its probably one of the worst things to ever go through. its almost like the worst case of the flu you will ever have...x10. you will be extremely aggravated, have hot flashes/cold sweats, vomiting, a bad case of the poops, and just all around a bad time. Dont do heroin or other opiates! ITS NOT WORTH IT!

Answer 7

If it is for a single use, no physical withdrawal will be felt. If the experience is pleasurable, you may feel a compulsion to continue using heroin; but this would not be considered "withdrawal" after a single use. However, after regular use and/or dependency, withdrawal symptoms can be felt anywhere for 3-20 days after cessation of use (depending on length of use and dose)--which includes quite traumatic physical symptoms and intense psychological effects. The easiest and quickest way to describe withdrawal is like an extremely intense flu (with extremely obsessive cravings) combined with intense mental depression. The psychological effects can be so intense that often the user describes the experience as if they feel like they're dying.

And longtime and/or high dosage use can furthermore result in Post-Acute-Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) which can cause lasting psychological effects (depression, insomnia, and cravings) from a couple of months to years after abstinence (beyond the initial 3-20 detoxification period).

Answer 8

It is the absolutely worse feeling in the world. Worse than any flu or sickness you ever had. You start by getting sweaty but your cold, you wrap up in blankets then you get super hot, then you get nauseous, therefore you cant eat or drink anything. Seriously you get extremely nauseous! Forget trying to go to work or do anything for that matter for at least 4 days. Your legs start to feel restless and achy, some people (I know I do) get really bad headaches to where I am balling! It becomes hard to breathe, you cant sleep at all, you will just lay in bed tossing and turning and sweating. Your whole body will become extremely achy, your disoriented, socially awkward, depressed, perhaps a lil suicidal. My point is, try to avoid going through withdraws, get subboxine or ween down.

Answer 9

Heroin withdrawal signs and symptoms

Those who are addicted to heroin not only become physically dependent on the substance but are also afraid to stop using for fear of the symptoms they may experience when they stop using. Withdrawal symptoms from heroin can develop as soon as a few hours after sustained use. Someone who is withdrawing from longtime heroin abuse and dependence is at risk of serious medical complications and should seek professional medical personnel for help. Some effects of withdrawal include:

Intense craving for heroin

Extreme sweating

Nausea and vomiting

Severe muscle aches and pains

Cramping in the limbs

Feelings of heaviness of the body

Extreme pain in muscles and bones

Crying jags

Insomnia

Cold sweats

Runny nose

Fever

Diarrhea

Death can occur when other medical conditions are present

Answer 10

skin lesions, rotting teeth, agitation. Oh, and death!