Overcoming Heroin Addiction
Heroin addiction in Pakistan started after the soviet invasion of Afghanistan where lawlessness prevailed; smugglers got the freedom to grow opium poppy plants and started smuggling refined heroin to Pakistan. Heroin addiction since then is the strongest available drug in the market. It destroys the victim physically, psychologically, financially and morally. The younger generation is attracted to heroin as other drugs due to the increase in tolerance doesn’t give desired pleasure, curiosity, peer pressure and psychological complications are other reasons.
Heroin is so addictive that after using it a few times person cannot function without it and secretively starts funding heroin addiction even foregoing employment and family responsibilities. Heroin dependence is so rapid that the period between consumption, misuse, and obsession is often very thin.
Signs & Symptoms of Heroin Addiction and Overdose
There are various side effects, extreme effects, and overdose signs. According to studies, below are some of the prominent short-term adverse effects associated with heroin abuse;
- Euphoria
- disarrayed thinking
- Drowsiness
- abnormal pulse rate
- Vomiting and nausea
- Heavy limbs
- Intense itching
- Flushed skin
Below are extreme (atypical) effects due to the fact heroin distributors may use tainted opium hence abusers may experience below effects;
- Chest pains
- Palpitations
- Tremors
- Anxiety
- Headache
- Shortness of breath
Heroin and opium overdose necessitate medical assistance from the best heroin addiction treatment centers like Gulf Addiction Treatment Center where a team of competent doctors and psychiatrists look after such kinds of patients around the clock. The typical signs associated with heroin overdose include;
- Pinpoint pupils
- Coma
- Bluish nails and lips
- Difficult breathing
- Drowsiness
- Muscle plasticity
- Disorientation
- Low blood pressure
- Delirium
- Weak pulse
People injecting heroin are in danger of contracting blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis or HIV since they share needles with other addicts
Effective and Proven Heroin Addiction Treatment
Family Intervention
Friends and Family members of Heroin Addicts may use the signs and symptoms of heroin addiction, side effects and overdose to decide about the intervention to the person admitted into the rehabilitation.
Ingredients of Effective Heroin Addiction Treatment
The ingredients of effective heroin addiction treatment are managing the withdrawal & smooth overall detoxification, psychiatric evaluation for any underlying minor or major psychiatric disorder and psychotherapy.
Heroin Addiction in Pakistan
In Pakistan, heroin is considered as putting the patient behind lock and key in poor hygienic, medical conditions with poorly qualified to unqualified paramedics and staff. Another issue is that patients’ families are not motivated to pay for A-Class Heroin Addiction Treatment therefore Pakistan is becoming a heaven for quacks (previously cleaners, paramedics, drivers and cooks in rehabs)
Few treatment centers provide effective addiction treatment and fortunately Gulf Addiction Treatment Center is one of them where licensed and qualified doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists and paramedics make the detox and therapy successful.
You can contact for more details from any of competent professionals of Gulf Addiction Treatment Center