What you Have to Know About Opiate Addiction
Author: Berlin Flores
Drug addiction is an enormous worldwide catastrophe. Opium-based drugs became some of the most common addictive drugs nowadays. Opium-derived drugs are widely accessible and tremendously circulated all over the world. Before discussing opium-based addiction, its nature, and its treatment procedures, it is necessary to learn more about the opium-derived substance first.
Basically, an opiate is a substance that is derived from the sleep-bringing poppy plant. The major variants of opium-derived compounds include codeine, papaverine, heroin, morphine, and thebaine. Amusingly, two of the most popular kinds of opium-derived compounds, morphine and heroine, have identical chemical structures. Due to this feature, heroin can be discovered through urine screening when morphine is being administered to the body. According to medical science, heroin has the potential to be a central nervous system tranquilizer and it has the capability to enter the brain faster when compared to morphine. As a matter of fact, both substances are even used as analgesics and narcotics that provide relaxing effects.
(1) Morphine: Morphine or opiate analgesic drug is the most popular and the most obtainable opium-derived compound in the world today. Morphine is a variant of alkaloid. Morphine is very essential in the field of medicine since it is utilized in the treatment of disorders such as the swelling of the lungs. An oversupply of morphine can produce plenty of troubles to the physical condition of the drug dependent person. The health complications triggered by an oversupply morphine include respiratory depression, pulmonary edema, congestive cardiac failure, respiratory system failure, coma, as well as death.
(2) Codeine: Codeine is slightly similar to morphine, content-wise. Codeine is also considered to be a medication for treating cough, severe and acute pain, bowel syndrome, and diarrhea. Codeine overdose can create several complications such as itching, nausea, euphoria, miosis, dry mouth, vomiting, urinary retention, constipation, hypotension, respiratory complications, and drowsiness.
(3) Papaverine and Thebaine: The structural make-up of thebaine is slightly akin to those of morphine and codeine. Thebaine also goes by the name of paramorphine. This sort of drug is not used alone. Some of the substances that are used with thebaine include naltrexone, naloxone, oxymorphone, oxycodone, nalbuphine, etorphine, and buprenorphine. An oversupply of thebaine is absolutely similar to the side-effects of morphine and codeine.
(4) Heroin: Heroin is referred to as a semi-synthetic sedative. Because the demand for this opiate is very high, heroin enterprise is also one of the fastest growing illegal industries. The most popular means of abusing heroin is the utilization of the substance to the body by means of an injection. Heroin is also known by the trademark name Diamorphine. Dependence to heroin may result to AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases. An oversupply of heroin may initiate acute difficulties like chronic constipation, renal failure, respiratory depression, profound unconsciousness, as well as death.
The lone source of opium-based compounds is the poppy plant. The quality of opium-based compounds is dependent on the moisture content of the poppy plant.
The liquid form of opium-based compounds is called methadone, a substance that is utilized in the removal of toxins from the body of drug dependent people. An oversupply of methadone may cause addiction.
Opium-based drugs have a few beneficial side-effects on the body in situations where they are prescribed by medical experts as pain relievers. When overdosed, opium-based compounds may initiate a few severe troubles. Addiction to opiates may progress to physical and psychiatric dependence. Muscle spasm is a common side-effect that resulted from the constant use of opium-based compounds. Respiratory complications are considered to be some of the side-effects of opiate drugs. The other side-effects of opium-based addiction include cracked lips, skin rashes, hypotension, and constipation. Addiction to opium-derived compounds may damage the central nervous system and it may initiate lethargy and coma. Eventually, a continuous usage of opium-based compounds can cause the death of the person who has drug addiction problems.
The treatment procedures for opium-based addiction may be performed in a residential or a non-residential basis. The full treatment method in both cases is classified into two components: the detox and the advising. Detox includes the riddance of toxic substances from addictive patient’s body. In advising, the drug dependent person is motivated to live a better life.
While the patient is experiencing the different treatment procedures, support from his relatives, his loved ones, and the society are extremely necessary.
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About the Author
Berlin Flores is a health and nutrition researcher who is an expert when it comes to opiate addiction topics. Access the opiate addiction site http://www.drugrehabprogram.net for more data related to opiate addiction.
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Addicted to cannabis?
ok first off, for those of you who say marijuana is not addictive you are ignorant. Ive done a lot of drugs in my past including opiates like vicidon, oxycontin, oxymorphone, morphine and psychedelics like lsd mushrooms and ecstacy and even cocaine and uppers and i got off them all Lsd and shrooms seem to be the more less addictive but i got off everything but the chronic ive been smoking pot since i was 14 and habitually ive probably spent over 5 thousand dollars on my marijuana habit and i smoke it habitually every day and this is the only thing i can’t seem to quit i smoke tobacco to and for me i can go without nicoteen as long as i have some reefer. Some people say its not addictive but i guess its just based on your mindset. But yeah, when i cant get it i almost have withdraws its that bad i was addicted to oxymorphone for 2 months and quit cold turkey without a problem same with cocaine i dont know what it is maybe its just me.. any advise ?
You are the ignorant one for taking the easy way out and blaming the plant for your lack of self control. It is very likely that you are not addicted and all you need to do is stop smoking it, get rid of your stash, cut off your bud connections, and find another hobby to occupy your time. That’s all rehab is really going to do for you anyway, but this way you don’t have to pay a fortune for it.
Boyfriend addicted to drugs. I need some help here…?
Me and my boyfriend have been together for 4 years and he used to be the most romantic, sweet, loving man anyone could ask for. Then about a year and a half ago he started experimenting. He has become a completely different person. He’s angry, violent (not towards me) depressed. He’s always smoked pot and we would do it together alot but we never went any further than that. In the past 1 1/2 hes done pretty much every drug you can think of except heroin. Now he’s really stuck on this new drug Opana (oxymorphone). He overdosed earlier this year and stopped for a while. Now as of 2 months ago he’s doing them every night. He’s nodding out at the wheel, and putting himself in so much danger.
I should also let you know I don’t do drugs. Other than the occasional blunt. I’ve tried talking to him about it, fighting with him about it, leaving him. I’ve pretty much given up. Now I’m trying to support him and just wait for the day he realizes he needs to get clean but it’s tearing me apart. Nothing is slowing him down. I am honestly terrified for his satefy. I can’t sleep at night when he’s out. He’s also bipolar. And I’ve tried talking to him about going on medication for it but he doesn’t wanna hear it.
He realizes he has a problem with these, and some days he is strong, but then he resorts right back to them. I’m just at such a loss as to what to do and I can’t talk to anyone about it.
I need some advice as to what to do.
First of all learn the 3 c’s, you can’t cure him, you can’t change him and you can’t control him. You can only do this for your self. I have been there. My girlfriend was a Meth addict and I felt that I had enough love to conquer her addiction. Well that was my mistake in believing that. People have to hit rock bottom before they are going to change for themselves. When you are on drugs you don’t think about what everyone else may go through you just think about yourself. So why don’t you do the same, take care of yourself go to a 12 step program such as Al-anon and learn to take care of yourself. That’s what I did. I went there expecting to get some answers on how to deal with and control my girlfriends habit. I left finding out that I was the one that I needed to fix and take care of. I continued going back and am grateful for it. I learned that there are people out there just like me with similar or even worse stories. I learned how they dealt with it and what tools they used. The fact is, you have to take care of you and this will only tear your life apart. If you choose to go through it like I did then expect to face the consequences. If this is not the life you want and you care for him turn him into the cops or go to his family. Then move on with your life and learn the signs so it doesn’t happen again. Take care and good luck