Methadone has it's place as a tool for treatment, and it enables countless addicts to function but for a lot of people it just doesn't work!
The prescribing of diamorphine or morphine sulphate in cases of addiction should be offered alongside methadone in a smokable and injectable form. (GP's have the option of prescribing diamorphine laced cigarettes for smokers)
This petition is about CHOICE first and foremost, and pushing for utilisation of all the opiates in the treatment of heroin addiction.
Methadone has around a 4% success rate (for eventual abstinence)
In Zurich they have prescribed injectable morphine in clinics and 'needle park' for the last ten years and have seen an 85% cut in the number of new addicts. This seems to be due to the de-glamourising of heroin use.
Clients attend the clinic three times a day and inject the diamorphine on the premises to avoid illicit street sales.
If we want to reduce drug related crime and health problems associated with injecting cut street heroin this is the way forward. We deserve to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect like any other patient. This is in line with current government harm reduction practices and it's time we made some advances in current addiction treatments.
Check my blog for updates/news and general moaning about the current situation of drug treatments in the UK
http://www.heroinjunkie.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diamorphine-for-trouble-some-Heroin-Addicts/212917065413311
Update: A former front bench minister has said today that heroin and cocaine should be made available on prescription to long term addicts
Updates
March 1, 2011
I have been reading the messages you are sending me about how methadone failed you or a loved one. Your stories remind me daily why we must push for these options instead of settling for the status quo.
March 1, 2011
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that so many of us are tired of being ignored by a system that refuses to evolve. It is exhausting to fight for basic medical dignity but knowing I have all of you behind me makes this feel possible for the first time.
Reached 100 supporters
March 1, 2011
25 Comments
As a parent of a long term addict I believe it is time for a radical change of policy for the benefit of addicts and their families and for the greater good to society.
We need much better options that the ones that currently don't work for the majority.
i am on 140ml past 2 year and wanted off it 16 montghs but my cat tea, refused
Methadone is an evil and lazy drug prescribed to pain sufferers and people who suffer addiction to other drugs not just heroin, prescribed by lazy so called specialists!!!
Methadone is an evil and lazy drug prescribed to pain sufferers and people who suffer addiction to other drugs not just heroin, prescribed by lazy so called specialists!!!
This is long overdue. I have been addicted to heroin and methadone my whole adult life. A diamorphine script would enable me to have a normal existence. It would cut crime considerably. Please lets get this sorted once and for all. The war on drugs is futile and painful for those in active addiction.
This is long overdue. I have been addicted to heroin and methadone my whole adult life. A diamorphine script would enable me to have a normal existence. It would cut crime considerably. Please lets get this sorted once and for all. The war on drugs is futile and painful for those in active addiction.
As previously stated in the comments this is terribly overdue. Heroin addiction has blighted my life for many years now with a diamorphine prescription i would be able to turn my life around and move away from a life of criminality imposed upon me by prohibition.
I am 50 Now Having survived Three methadone scripts one of which was injectable , One time limited Oral Morphine script where they wanted to force me onto methadone!? I have used since I was 18 and have supported myself outside the state benefit system since I was 20. I am going to my appointment at my local torture centre (drug clinic) on Tuesday to ask for an injectable or oral Morphine script as I am in crisis...My source of diverted Morphine!? Has dried up after years of stability and I have had to use street Heroin for the first time in years.....These clinics are pathetically one size fits all and do not recognise what years of high dosage using do -I have a wife and four kids and have been unable to work or even do more than a minimum of housework since my source dried up! I am fed up with this ignorance ! Diamorphine Prescription NOW-and Cocaine for cocaine and polydrug users
After 30 years as an addict and 18 of them on heroin and opiates i feel its time the Home office moved towards Injectable Diamorphine for those who have tried and failed every other avenue of treatment
THank you and lets get this done!
Please help our children have access to medicine to withdraw from and not have to go to a clinicic every day to get methadone. They need to be treated with respect and dignity.
I sign
It's time!
I am a struggling herion addict who has tried rehabs, suboxen, methodone and still struggling because of my pain tolerance my disease of addiction, and the needle, i think making of diamorphine for the use of controlling herion addiction, will cut down on crime, spreading of disases, overdoses, and all around make it much safer for true addicts with severe pain and addiction problems to dose safe and properly. so please make this accessible and safe for the still suffering!!!
We are not bad people. We just need legal help. This is one of the biggest problems in our country today. They leave most addicts so sick that they have no choice but to turn to crime or be torturedto the point of near death.
This would be a wonderful alternative, from someone whom has failed miserably on the methadone merry go round for 20 years of my 22 years of addiction. I would gladly pay for the script as long as it's reasonable & affordable on an average working income. Not too expensive where we have to commit crime to fund the script as that would be defeating the object. I believe a regular reliable source of clean heroine was on offer a lot of people would be able to carry normal lives. As a majority of our time is used up finding the finances (whether through legal or illegal means), scoring, waiting for the dealer, using & then worrying or scheming on how to get the next fix. All this time could be used in a more positive way, if there was reliable sources where available. Granted a screening process needs to be in place & this method is not suited to all. There are clear studies, reports & evidence showing positive results from having a Heroine Assisted Treatment online.
Treatment should have choice.
Ten years ive tried kicking meth. It doesnt work you need a redusuing diamophine sflcript
Heroin supply must not be left in the hands of criminals,
I'm 30 years old and been on heroin since I was 13. More than half my life, I've failed every script, I've been homeless, I've been raped, and I've currently being back on methadone again for the last four years, maybe more, and I still use street heroin, that gives you headache, rashes, all I want is to get stable, get a job, and provide for the family I lost, thank you for reading
Through 20 odd years, of smoking then i.v. heroin to private i.v. script of 2 cyclamorph 15mg(pure heaven!!) & 3 methadone 50mg/1 mlmetho
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Methadone has it's place as a tool for treatment, and it enables countless addicts to function but for a lot of people it just doesn't work!
The prescribing of diamorphine or morphine sulphate in cases of addiction should be offered alongside methadone in a smokable and injectable form. (GP's have the option of prescribing diamorphine laced cigarettes for smokers)
This petition is about CHOICE first and foremost, and pushing for utilisation of all the opiates in the treatment of heroin addiction.
Methadone has around a 4% success rate (for eventual abstinence)
In Zurich they have prescribed injectable morphine in clinics and 'needle park' for the last ten years and have seen an 85% cut in the number of new addicts. This seems to be due to the de-glamourising of heroin use.
Clients attend the clinic three times a day and inject the diamorphine on the premises to avoid illicit street sales.
If we want to reduce drug related crime and health problems associated with injecting cut street heroin this is the way forward. We deserve to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect like any other patient. This is in line with current government harm reduction practices and it's time we made some advances in current addiction treatments.
Check my blog for updates/news and general moaning about the current situation of drug treatments in the UK
http://www.heroinjunkie.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diamorphine-for-trouble-some-Heroin-Addicts/212917065413311
Update: A former front bench minister has said today that heroin and cocaine should be made available on prescription to long term addicts
Updates
March 1, 2011
I have been reading the messages you are sending me about how methadone failed you or a loved one. Your stories remind me daily why we must push for these options instead of settling for the status quo.
March 1, 2011
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that so many of us are tired of being ignored by a system that refuses to evolve. It is exhausting to fight for basic medical dignity but knowing I have all of you behind me makes this feel possible for the first time.
Reached 100 supporters
March 1, 2011
25 Comments
I'm 30 years old and been on heroin since I was 13. More than half my life, I've failed every script, I've been homeless, I've been raped, and I've currently being back on methadone again for the last four years, maybe more, and I still use street heroin, that gives you headache, rashes, all I want is to get stable, get a job, and provide for the family I lost, thank you for reading
As a parent of a long term addict I believe it is time for a radical change of policy for the benefit of addicts and their families and for the greater good to society.
We need much better options that the ones that currently don't work for the majority.
i am on 140ml past 2 year and wanted off it 16 montghs but my cat tea, refused
Methadone is an evil and lazy drug prescribed to pain sufferers and people who suffer addiction to other drugs not just heroin, prescribed by lazy so called specialists!!!
Methadone is an evil and lazy drug prescribed to pain sufferers and people who suffer addiction to other drugs not just heroin, prescribed by lazy so called specialists!!!
This is long overdue. I have been addicted to heroin and methadone my whole adult life. A diamorphine script would enable me to have a normal existence. It would cut crime considerably. Please lets get this sorted once and for all. The war on drugs is futile and painful for those in active addiction.
This is long overdue. I have been addicted to heroin and methadone my whole adult life. A diamorphine script would enable me to have a normal existence. It would cut crime considerably. Please lets get this sorted once and for all. The war on drugs is futile and painful for those in active addiction.
As previously stated in the comments this is terribly overdue. Heroin addiction has blighted my life for many years now with a diamorphine prescription i would be able to turn my life around and move away from a life of criminality imposed upon me by prohibition.
I am 50 Now Having survived Three methadone scripts one of which was injectable , One time limited Oral Morphine script where they wanted to force me onto methadone!? I have used since I was 18 and have supported myself outside the state benefit system since I was 20. I am going to my appointment at my local torture centre (drug clinic) on Tuesday to ask for an injectable or oral Morphine script as I am in crisis...My source of diverted Morphine!? Has dried up after years of stability and I have had to use street Heroin for the first time in years.....These clinics are pathetically one size fits all and do not recognise what years of high dosage using do -I have a wife and four kids and have been unable to work or even do more than a minimum of housework since my source dried up! I am fed up with this ignorance ! Diamorphine Prescription NOW-and Cocaine for cocaine and polydrug users
After 30 years as an addict and 18 of them on heroin and opiates i feel its time the Home office moved towards Injectable Diamorphine for those who have tried and failed every other avenue of treatment
THank you and lets get this done!
Please help our children have access to medicine to withdraw from and not have to go to a clinicic every day to get methadone. They need to be treated with respect and dignity.
I sign
It's time!
I am a struggling herion addict who has tried rehabs, suboxen, methodone and still struggling because of my pain tolerance my disease of addiction, and the needle, i think making of diamorphine for the use of controlling herion addiction, will cut down on crime, spreading of disases, overdoses, and all around make it much safer for true addicts with severe pain and addiction problems to dose safe and properly. so please make this accessible and safe for the still suffering!!!
We are not bad people. We just need legal help. This is one of the biggest problems in our country today. They leave most addicts so sick that they have no choice but to turn to crime or be torturedto the point of near death.
This would be a wonderful alternative, from someone whom has failed miserably on the methadone merry go round for 20 years of my 22 years of addiction. I would gladly pay for the script as long as it's reasonable & affordable on an average working income. Not too expensive where we have to commit crime to fund the script as that would be defeating the object. I believe a regular reliable source of clean heroine was on offer a lot of people would be able to carry normal lives. As a majority of our time is used up finding the finances (whether through legal or illegal means), scoring, waiting for the dealer, using & then worrying or scheming on how to get the next fix. All this time could be used in a more positive way, if there was reliable sources where available. Granted a screening process needs to be in place & this method is not suited to all. There are clear studies, reports & evidence showing positive results from having a Heroine Assisted Treatment online.
Treatment should have choice.
Ten years ive tried kicking meth. It doesnt work you need a redusuing diamophine sflcript
Heroin supply must not be left in the hands of criminals,
I'm 30 years old and been on heroin since I was 13. More than half my life, I've failed every script, I've been homeless, I've been raped, and I've currently being back on methadone again for the last four years, maybe more, and I still use street heroin, that gives you headache, rashes, all I want is to get stable, get a job, and provide for the family I lost, thank you for reading
Through 20 odd years, of smoking then i.v. heroin to private i.v. script of 2 cyclamorph 15mg(pure heaven!!) & 3 methadone 50mg/1 mlmetho
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I'm 30 years old and been on heroin since I was 13. More than half my life, I've failed every script, I've been homeless, I've been raped, and I've currently being back on methadone again for the last four years, maybe more, and I still use street heroin, that gives you headache, rashes, all I want is to get stable, get a job, and provide for the family I lost, thank you for reading