Possible Interaction: Amphetamine and Heroin

“HCV seroconversion during follow‐up was significantly associated with mixed injection use of amphetamine and heroin , and a history of incarceration at baseline.”

“We report a patient who developed acute myelopathy after intranasal insufflation of amphetamines and heroin.”

“Across follow-up, lower frequency heroin use was associated with reduced likelihood of frequent use of other opioids, cocaine, amphetamine and benzodiazepines.”

“In the present case report, a 40-year-old man, who is said to have regularly consumed hashish, heroin and speed, died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage located in the region of the basal ganglia shortly after the intravenous administration of amphetamine and heroin.”

“We find that active injectors of heroin and amphetamine have a higher discount rate than a group reporting that they have never used the substances.”

“The rate of transition to regular use of heroin was higher than the rate for amphetamine , cocaine, sedatives, and psychedelics.”

“The combination of heroin with amphetamine or ethanol increased the locomotor activity only in the DBA strain, while heroin + strychnine exerted a clear stimulating effect on the activity of the C57 mice.”

“Enhancement by amphetamine of H 44/68-induced reduction in CA reflects the accelerating effect of amphetamine on CA metabolism.”

“We report a patient who developed acute myelopathy after intranasal insufflation of amphetamines and heroin.”

“Comparing to those whose first drug was opium, individuals using heroin as their initiation drug had greater risk of injection initiation; conversely, those taking amphetamine as their first drug had less risk of injection initiation.”