Lesson 3: Addiction And Physical Health - Slide 14
Effects Of Heroin On General Health
- Destroys appetite resulting in malnutrition
- Weakens the immune system and ability to fight off infection
- Disrupts the menstrual cycle
- Reduces the body’s ability to produce endorphins
- Endorphins:
- Are the body’s natural pain killers that reduce pain intensity
- Control the appetite
- Cause a feeling of well-being
- Cause the release of sex hormones
- The body doesn’t immediately start producing endorphins once heroin intake is stopped
Notes:
Pg., 20 - 23, “Methadone,” Carolyn Simpson, The Drug Abuse Prevention Library, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., New York, 1997
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