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Question by Sarah: How does Crack Cocaine use affect Diabetes, specifically?
Hi – I’m a Type 1 – insulin dependant – diabetic (have had it for 23 years, since I was 5 yrs old), and I am / have been in drug treatment / “rehabilitation” for crack cocaine and heroin addiction for the past 10 years. Every 3 months, when it is mandatory to see an actual Doctor, rather than just a key-worker, for a so-called “medical review”, when I tell the ‘Doctor-Of-The-Day’, (dubbed so because my treatment centre is SOOO good and consistent that I get to see a new and totally unfamiliar Doctor each and every time!), that I am diabetic, I am ALWAYS, without fail, met with the cliche, car-mechanic style sharp intake of breath, followed by, “Oooo! Well then you REALLY need to be careful of what you’re doing then, in that case!”…. But NEVER an explanation as to WHY, EXACTLY, I, especially, i.e., more than other, NON-diabetic clients need to be SO careful! I have asked, more than once, why diabetics in particular need to be so much more especially careful when using drugs, as a result of the condition, but the Doctors (don’t know why I insist on using a capital D for Doctor, like they’re all God-like or something?!?! but that’s besides the point here isn’t it?, SO…), The ALL the doctors I’ve so far put this question to just fob me off with, “Well, you’re key-worker can/will answer that for you if you ask them another time; I’m simply here to review your prescription and unfortunately don’t have the time to discuss other, non-drug-related matters, at this time.” I.e., I don’t really know, so I’ll use my apparent/imagined importance to avoid the question altogether.”!!!!!!! I think it’s obviously needless for me to say here that my key-workers are just as baffled / ignorant on the subject as I and all the so-called ‘professional’ doctors are, so I still don’t have an answer! I understand diabetes, and I studied Biomedical Science at degree level for one year, so I’m not STUPID and I DO understand how the human body works better than most, so I tried to find the answer for myself using information that is available online – However – Trying to find info’ that explains or describes how crack and/or heroin use / addiction affects a diabetic user, specifically, with regard to their diabetes only, I’ve found is near enough impossible! Everywhere you go, for info’ on “effects of crack cocaine and heroin on diabetes/diabetics” supplies only generic info’ on the drugs’ common (side) effects with NOTHING specific pertaining to how exactly diabetes does, or potentially could, affect or complicate the drugs’/body’s usual interaction / metabolism of the drugs in question. Can someone with REAL knowledge on this subject please tell me why a diabetic addict/user is so much more at risk than a non-diabetic addict/user?!?! I would really appreciate REAL, solid, scientific info’ on this subject rather than simple conjecture, theory and suggestion/personal opinion! Many thanks, Sairra x X x    Read more...

The Heroin Epidemic: Naloxone, the overdose antidote (video)
The drug effectively wipes the body clean of opioids from the heroin, and when used on addicts, Naloxone snaps them into a state of withdrawal, with shivers, headaches and nausea. “They may not be very happy, but they've survived,” she said. Birth of a …
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Police Log
He said the woman admitted she did not have an active license and explained that the two men in the car were sick from heroin withdrawal and she was driving because they could not. Long said he also found several pipes used to smoke crack cocaine in …
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'Addicted man of Europe': Study says drug, alcohol addiction a crisis in UK
Sending a heroin addict to rehab is regarded by doctors working in the field as the only possible way of getting them off the drug, and even then there are no guarantees. Reuters / Darren Staples. “Methadone can be a way of stabilizing chaotic drug …
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Russia Heroin Epidemic Leads to Terrifying New Drug that Rots the User …
The rate of heroin addiction in Russia has reached epidemic proportions and as the government tries to crack down on the supply, demand leads the user to try a new drug known for its terrifying tendency to be so poisonous that it rots the skin off …
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Closed Circuit fails to balance disparate elements
In the aftermath of a devastating suicide bombing in a busy London marketplace, MI6 arrests Turkish immigrant and heroin addict Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto), painting him as the mastermind behind the attack. The young man's trial is closed …
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Kathleen Wynne Marijuana: Ontario Premier Says She Smoked Pot 35 Years Ago
Ford has refused to answer queries from reporters about his alleged drug use since allegations surfaced that he was videotaped smoking crack cocaine. Asked today ….. It was supplied, basically, on movie sets because everyone was doing it. People …
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Death by Detoxification
Monteith was taking heroin, but we know that taking opioid painkillers — such as Vicodin or Oxycontin — affect the brain similarly to heroin and could have resulted in the same tragic outcome. He died of … When individuals seek to stop using …
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Lamar Odom's Addiction — He Needs Professional Help For Drug Problem
“If he is physically addicted to Oxycotin, he cannot stop on his own, he would go into withdrawal and the pain would be too excruciating to handle on his own.” “Oxycotin is stronger than heroin. Oxycotin is worse than crack cocaine,” Steven adds. “Now …
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New drug treatment clinic to open
SelfRefind, which uses opioid-based Suboxone to help curb addictive cravings for drugs such as heroin, oxycodone, codeine and hydrocodone, will open a clinic at 2529 Maple Ave., spokesman Keith Tiemeyer said. Tiemeyer referred other … Physicians who …
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Lamar Odom CRACK COCAINE Drug of Choice
Lamar has gone off the rails with drug use … which is the principal cause of the crisis in his marriage to Khloe Kardashian. As we reported Lamar went to a … It's unclear how Lamar's problem will affect his basketball career. We made calls to Lamar …
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Rubén Rosario: Ex-addict's faith — and others' faith in him — helped him …
Again, Straka counseled him and recommended he look into Ramsey County's Adult Substance Abuse Court, better known as drug court. Vang told him he would look into it. But the fast money and the addiction had too much of a hold on him. He knew how to …
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