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jackdaripper
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A person was abusing drugs (Pain killers, Brown Sugar) for six years Between 18 yrs to 24 yrs and has stopped completely now. What are the chances that he will live till 60 years of age?
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What is the longivity for a person with a history for drug abuse for more than 6 years?
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Angela Q
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When you say brown sugar, are you talking injectable heroin?
If the person is clean now, and he takes care of himself from now on, the odds are in his favor.
If the person is clean now, and he takes care of himself from now on, the odds are in his favor.
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David D
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First, I would recommend that the person is screened for HIV and hepatitus a, b and c if they haven't already.
They may run a risk of carrying one of these infections and passing it on without knowing. If they do have HIV they may just be carriers but they would have to practice safe sex if they were because knowingly exposing someone to this risk is considered a criminal offence now. If they have hepatitus a they can be cured with a short course of drugs. If they have hepatitus b or c there are different genomes that now actually have between a 50% to 85% chance of being cured, depending upon the actual genome that they might have if they do have it.
Treatment can take between 6 - 12 months and involves injections of alpha interferon and taking a course of tablets called ribavirin. Other than that, your friend may have to also be checked to see that there are no blood clots in his veins which can take months to move and then travel to vital organs such as the lungs, brain and heart. I'm not trying to alarm you, I had a cousin who was on heroin and this is what I learned from him. He came off and has been clean for a year after been an addict for seven years so I'm just advising you of the dangers. If he's not damaged his liver or kidneys and stays off the stuff, he should be ok otherwise. A practical suggestion is to encourage him to change his circle of friends because it's hard to stay clean around people who are still using. Another idea would be to find new interests to stimulate his mind because it's just as much of a psychological battle as a physical one to stay clean.
Other than that, I can't say but wish you and him well and hope that things turn out right, I hope that I have helped but unfortunately there are no gaurantees.
Still, seeing has he's still so young and strong I think he stands a good chance if what you have told me is correct.
They may run a risk of carrying one of these infections and passing it on without knowing. If they do have HIV they may just be carriers but they would have to practice safe sex if they were because knowingly exposing someone to this risk is considered a criminal offence now. If they have hepatitus a they can be cured with a short course of drugs. If they have hepatitus b or c there are different genomes that now actually have between a 50% to 85% chance of being cured, depending upon the actual genome that they might have if they do have it.
Treatment can take between 6 - 12 months and involves injections of alpha interferon and taking a course of tablets called ribavirin. Other than that, your friend may have to also be checked to see that there are no blood clots in his veins which can take months to move and then travel to vital organs such as the lungs, brain and heart. I'm not trying to alarm you, I had a cousin who was on heroin and this is what I learned from him. He came off and has been clean for a year after been an addict for seven years so I'm just advising you of the dangers. If he's not damaged his liver or kidneys and stays off the stuff, he should be ok otherwise. A practical suggestion is to encourage him to change his circle of friends because it's hard to stay clean around people who are still using. Another idea would be to find new interests to stimulate his mind because it's just as much of a psychological battle as a physical one to stay clean.
Other than that, I can't say but wish you and him well and hope that things turn out right, I hope that I have helped but unfortunately there are no gaurantees.
Still, seeing has he's still so young and strong I think he stands a good chance if what you have told me is correct.
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Judith of the Never Never
Guest
Pretty good, my brother was a full on junkie for 18 years, still here 48, still smokes, drinks, too much coffee. But works a really hard 40 hour week and annoys everybody. Unless some other disease has been passed into the body, like Hep C or HIV or whatever, then a long life will be ahead of him.
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wild_man_chris2000
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The body is resilient in healing itself so long as there was no permamnent damage.