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Follow the links below to find information about the health effects of using heroin.
Reviewed October 2007
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Heroin dependence - drug treatments
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Better Health Channel
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Methadone is a synthetic opioid drug used as a substitute for heroin. Other medication (pharmacotherapy) treatments for heroin dependence include buprenorphine and naltrexone.
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Mar 2008
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Buprenorphine maintenance versus placebo or methadone maintenance for opioid dependence
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Buprenorphine can reduce heroin use compared with placebo, although it is less effective than methadone. Methadone is widely used as a replacement for heroin in medically-supported maintenance or detoxification programs. Two other drugs are sometimes us...
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Dec 2007
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Heroin
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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This topic gives the facts about what heroin is, what it looks like, what it does to you, and its dangers. It offers advice about what to do if you're worried about heroin use by someone you know.
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Nov 2007
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Heroin
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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This topic gives the facts about what heroin is, what it looks like, what it does to you, and its dangers. It offers advice about what to do if you're worried about heroin use by someone you know.
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Aug 2007
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Heroin dependence - methadone treatment
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Better Health Channel
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Methadone is a way to deal with some of the problems associated with heroin use. It helps you to stop hanging out for heroin and can let you get on with everyday living. It is not a cure for heroin addiction.
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Oct 2006
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Methadone: what is it?
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myDr
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Methadone is used as a substitute for the treatment of people dependent on heroin and other opioids.
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Sep 2006
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Heroin and pregnancy
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myDr
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Using heroin during pregnancy is harmful to your unborn baby.
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Sep 2006
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Heroin: withdrawal and treatment
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myDr
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If a person dependent on heroin suddenly stops taking it, withdrawal symptoms may result.
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Sep 2006
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Heroin: what is it?
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myDr
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Heroin is one of a group of drugs derived from the opium poppy.
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Sep 2006
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Heroin
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Better Health Channel
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Heroin is an illegal opioid drug that slows down the function of the brain and central nervous system. It is highly addictive and its initial effects include feelings of wellbeing and relief from physical pain. Adverse effects include the risk of overdose. Health and lifestyle problems may also be related to heroin use.
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Aug 2006
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Buprenorphine for the management of opioid withdrawal
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Dependence on opioid drugs (heroin, methadone) is a major health and social issue in many societies. Managed withdrawal from opioid dependence is an essential first step for drug-free treatment. This review of trials found that the drug buprenorphine is...
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Jan 2006
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Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Methadone treatment is widely used for detoxification or long-term maintenance therapy of opioid users to reduce harm and improve health and social outcomes yet relapses to illicit drug use are common. Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist that has no euph...
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Heroin maintenance for chronic heroin dependents
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Heroin users who are trying to quit are often given maintenance medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol (LAAM). Maintenance medications may help long-term heroin users resume a normal life more easily and with less c...
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Feb 2005
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Methadone maintenance at different dosages for opioid dependence
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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People who are addicted to opioids have high risks of receiving an overdose of opioid, HIV, hepatitis B and C infections and criminal activity. This has led to a harm reduction treatment approach to drug addiction. Treatment is aimed at a reduction in t...
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Methadone maintenance therapy versus no opioid replacement therapy for opioid dependence
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Methadone is the most widely used replacement for heroin in medically-supported maintenance or detoxification programs. Several non-drug detoxification and rehabilitation methods are also used to try and help people withdraw from heroin. However the rev...
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Feb 2003
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National heroin overdose strategy
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Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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The National Heroin Overdose Strategy, agreed by all jurisdictions through the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (MCDS), provides nationally agreed priorities for action aimed at preventing overdose and reducing morbidity and mortality where overdose does occur.
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Jul 2001
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National buprenorphine policy
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Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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The National Buprenorphine Policy provides a broad policy context and a framework for State and Territory policies and guidelines. The policy outlines treatment issues in regard to the prescribing and dispensing of buprenorphine.
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Mar 2001
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