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Whats The Difference Between Heroin And Morphine?
My mum uses codeine everyday for a back problem,are the effects similar to heroin,but less so?Shes been using it for 10 years,would she be addicted?
Also,I was given morphine when in hospital,but was allergic,would I probably be allergic to heroin?Just curious,not planning on using it or anything…
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Previous answer was close but not quite. Heroin is a derivative of naturally occuring opium. Morphine is a synthetic duplicate. The brain recieves the chemical signal from both of them them the same way because their chemical “key structure” is so similar as to trick the brain into allowing them both access to the same receptors. And yes, codiene is addictive and your mom is likely addicted. Side note-codiene is also an opium derivative whereas hydrocodone is, like morphine, a synthetic duplicate.
Heroin is morphine that has been refined to be made stronger. Heroin is metabolized into morphine in the liver. So you would be allergic to heroin.
Codeine is a very weak opiate-based pain killer(heroin is a really strong opiate-based pain killer). Heroin is about 15 times stronger then codeine. Maybe more. They would have somewhat similar effects, they would just vary in strength.
The first answer is wrong when it says morphine is more finely purified. Medical heroin(in the europe) is as purified as morphine.
Your mom is most likely addicted to the codeine.
your mom is no doubt addicted to the codeine if she has been using it for that long. No, codiene doesn’t cause the same side effects heroine would. The difference between heroine and morphine is that morphine is more highly purified. If you are allergic to morphine you are allergic to all opiates, including heroine.
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