Heroin by Helen Budig https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo en-us 2018-04-16 13:35:37 UTC 2018-04-21 00:17:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Names: 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252137695 Scientific: Diamorphine

]]> 2018-04-16 13:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252137695 Category 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252138161 Narcotic]]> 2018-04-16 13:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252138161 Human Body Effect 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252138456 -Circulatory system: Heroin impacts the circulatory system in many different ways.
  • Heart valves often get bacterial infections
  • Heroin also leads to scarred and collapsed veins and blood infections.

-Respiratory system: Heroin impacts the respiratory system
  •  Chronic heroin users have lung problems including tuberculosis and pneumonia

]]> 2018-04-16 13:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252138456 Toxicity Level 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252138815 -A lethal dose for an anverage 170lbs (who hasn't been exposed to opiodids very much) is between 75-375 mg.
-It also depends on route of administration
-Also depends on drug interactions]]> 2018-04-16 13:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252138815 Low-level Symptoms 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252139002 -Produces euphoria
-Dry mouth
-Warm flushing of skin
-Heavy feeling in arms and legs
-Nausea and vomiting
-Severe itching
-Clouded mental functioning
-Back and forth state of being conscious and semiconscious]]> 2018-04-16 13:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252139002 High-level Symptoms 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252139784 -Insomnia
-Collapsed veins for people who inject the drug
-Damaged tissue inside the nose for people who sniff or snort it
-Infection of the heart lining and valves
-Abscesses (swollen tissue filled with pus)
-Liver and kidney disease
-Lung complications
-Mental disorders such as depression and antisocial personality disorder
-Sexual dysfunction for men
-Irregular menstrual cycles for women]]> 2018-04-16 13:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252139784 Time in body 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252139994 -No longer detectable in a person's urine after just two days. However some tests can detect heroin in urine for up to 7 days.
-Heroin has a short half life so blood and saliva tests aren't often used for heroin
-Hair follicle test is the only test that can detect heroin for 3 months or more.]]> 2018-04-16 13:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252139994 Cure/reversal/treatment 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252140175 -Overdose is treated with Naloxone. It works by rapidly binding to opioid receptors and blocking the effects of heroin.
-Sometimes more than one dose is needed
-Naloxone is available as an injectable solution, auto-injector, and nasal spray
-With the increased opioid overdoes the reversal is available to families and now first responders tend to carry the auto injectors with them]]> 2018-04-16 13:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252140175 Forensic Science Test 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252141448
  • Heroin can't be detected in autopsy samples because of how short the half life is and that it metabolizes too quickly
  • Presumptive testing using colorimetric is used by field officers to detect if substances at the scene are illegal.
  • Confirmatory testing includes separation techniques to separate the various compounds and spectroscopy instruments to identify the chemical characteristics.
    • ]]>     2018-04-16 13:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252141448     Health Benefits 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252141592 -Dr. Toresten Passie of the Hannover Medical School in Germany has done studies to see in heroin helps ease opiate addiction. Typically opiate addicts are using opiates, alcohol, marijuana, and benzodiazepines to deal with underlying psychiatric conditions. In his study her found that compared to methadone, the opiate drug currently used to treat addiction to opiates, patients taking heroin reduced their use of other drugs by a third, with 60% of patients stopping the use of all other drugs within the first year. Also he found that after four weeks of heroin use, patients no longer experience any intoxicating effects from the drug, denying the theory that they're not just taking drugs to get high.]]> 2018-04-16 13:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252141592 Availability 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252141880 -Heroin is illegal in the United States
    -The production of heroin and use of heroin has tripled over the last three decades.]]>     2018-04-16 13:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252141880     Interesting Facts 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252142039 -People who have engaged in non-medical use of opioid painkillers are at least 3 times more likely to use heroin than the general population
    -Heroin's parent compound opium has been known since before history was recorded. In 1803 a german chemist isolated the active ingredient in opium called morphine. In 1898 while trying to find a less addictive form of morphine a chemist started manufacturing heroin and it lead to a massive international marketing campaign.]]>     2018-04-16 13:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252142039     Sources 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252161276 Blog, A. B. (n.d.). Addiction Blog. Retrieved from http://drug.addictionblog.org/heroin-overdose-how-much-amount-of-heroin-to-od/ 
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    ]]>     2018-04-16 14:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252161276     Heroin Withdrawal 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252551884 2018-04-17 13:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252551884 Drug use across country 53773 https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252571571 2018-04-17 13:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/53773/enl409i1ldxo/wish/252571571