What are the affects of being on heroin and going through chemo?
Patient: My brother is going through chemo for the last 3 weeks because he just got diagnosed with hotchkins lymphoma stage 4 cancer. He was a heroin addict for 5 years and got clean just 2 months ago. He started using again over a week ago. What are the affects of being on heroin and going through chemo? Doctor: hello..heroin is a kind of morphine which is a pain killer with lot of other side effects on uncontrolled use..at low and controlled doses it actually helps a patient but your brother will be on chemotherapy drugs and other supportive medication..it is good if he can stop it because there can be interactions between the drugs..along with direct side effects of heroine..take the help of a psychiatrist he can help for de addiction..if you have anymore doubts i would be happy to answer..