Are most heroin "overdoses" a myth ? Heroin was more pure before WWII but...

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69. Definitely worthwhile to develop something

that would be less of an addictive property, somehow. What makes opiates so addictive is when you take them for months or years regularly, every day, your pituitary gland thinks it doesn't need to produce endorphins because you're topping your receptors up chemically. Especially if you keep increasing your doses as you become tolerant. As stupid as this sounds, your pituitary "forgets" how to make these endorphins and these chemicals are important to our wellbeing. When you stop taking opiates, your body can't take up the slack over night. I went through a tough time stopping, but when that was over I just went back to my usual headachey, sleep deprived, miserable self. Right now in order to feel "ok", I have to take spoonfuls of very hot sauce made with hot peppers as this makes your body produce endorphins. The capsaicin in peppers causes this reaction pretty quickly.

I think some people can benefit and if something could be made that wouldn't cause the tolerance so people could stay on one low effective dose, however there is something interesting I would like to try - low dose naltrexone, it makes your body produce more endorphins by blocking receptors only for a short while. This was developed for addicts at higher doses, but at low doses it has helped for all kinds of conditions, auto immune disorders and things like MS. Getting it prescribed can be problematic. You'd have to find a doctor willing, then you have to find a special pharmacy that will break down the higher dose pills into lower dose pills. Something about the drug being so cheap that it's not in big pharma's interest to make low dose applications of this medication. But the plus is it's not a narcotic. Some doctors know of it's benefits, others do not. I haven't even tried to get it for fear of being rejected.