Commonly Abused Drugs Chart - National Institute On Drug Abuse - 2018 Page 8
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An opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance extracted from the seed pod of various opium poppy plants.
For more information, see the
Heroin Research
Report.
Street Names
Commercial Names
Common Forms
Common Ways Taken
DEA
Schedule
Brown sugar, China
No commercial uses
White or brownish
Injected, smoked,
I
White, Dope, H, Horse,
powder, or black sticky
snorted
Junk, Skag, Skunk,
substance known as
Smack, White Horse
"black tar heroin"
With OTC cold
medicine and
antihistamine: Cheese
Possible Health Effects
Short-term
Euphoria; dry mouth; itching; nausea; vomiting; analgesia; slowed breathing and heart rate.
Long-term
Collapsed veins; abscesses (swollen tissue with pus); infection of the lining and valves in the
heart; constipation and stomach cramps; liver or kidney disease.
Other Health-related
Pregnancy: miscarriage, low birth weight, neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Issues
Risk of HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases from shared needles.
In Combination with
Dangerous slowdown of heart rate and breathing, coma, death.
Alcohol
Withdrawal
Restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose
Symptoms
bumps ("cold turkey").
Treatment Options
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Medications
Methadone
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Buprenorphine
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Naltrexone (short- and long-acting forms)
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Behavioral Therapies
Contingency management, or motivational incentives
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12-Step facilitation therapy
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Page 8 of 30
Commonly Abused Drugs
January 2018
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