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Effects of heroin use

Nov 17, 2007 @ 11:03 PM

By CURTIS JOHNSON

The Herald-Dispatch

Short-term effects

  • "Rush"
  • Depressed respiration
  • Clouded mental functioning
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Suppression of pain
  • Spontaneous abortion
  • Long-term effects

  • Addiction
  • Infectious diseases, for example, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C
  • Collapsed veins
  • Bacterial infections
  • Abscesses
  • Infection of heart lining and valves
  • Arthritis and other rheumatologic problems

SOURCE: The National Drug Institute on Drug Abuse.