![]() ![]() HCV is the most common bloodborne infection in the Unites States. These diseases are transmitted through contact with blood or other bodily fluids, which can occur when sharing needles or other injection drug use equipment. People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus. going "on the nod," a back-and-forth state of being conscious and semiconscious.However, there are other common effects, including: People who use heroin report feeling a "rush" (a surge of pleasure, or euphoria). Read more about this intertwined problem in our Prescription Opioids and Heroin Research Report. This suggests that prescription opioid misuse is just one factor leading to heroin use. ![]() In a study of those entering treatment for opioid use disorder, approximately one-third reported heroin as the first opioid they used regularly to get high. 1-3 More recent data suggest that heroin is frequently the first opioid people use. Data from 2011 showed that an estimated 4 to 6 percent who misuse prescription opioids switch to heroin 1-3 and about 80 percent of people who used heroin first misused prescription opioids. Research suggests that misuse of these drugs may open the door to heroin use. Prescription opioid pain medicines such as Ox圜ontin ® and Vicodin ® have effects similar to heroin. ![]()
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