Heroin Addicts Speak

Meet people deep in the throws of a heroin addiction, with no way out.
LittleRedsays...

We had a nurse come in to one of my classes last week. One of the things she said - Ladies: if you have ever used heroin, make sure you tell your doctor when you're pregnant. There is a drug they use during labor that can cause a psychotic episode when it interacts with the residual heroin in your fat cells, even if you only used heroin once, or it was 15 years ago.

She had a patient who had used heroin 10 years prior. They gave her two doses of the medication - one when she first went into labor, and one when she was 8 cm dilated. The woman was standing on her bed, screaming at the doctor and the nurses, and bearing down at the same time. Not exactly the safest environment for your baby to be born.

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