Heroin Withdrawal Timeline

Heroin is a short-acting opioid. A person can expect withdrawal symptoms to begin about 8 to 24 hours since their last use of the drug, depending on how much they last used and how dependent their body has grown.

Heroin withdrawal will last about 4 to 10 days in total. After that, the patient will also experience up to several months of a general feeling of reduced well-being and strong cravings for opioids.

The longer a person goes without taking opioids, the lower their tolerance for the drug becomes. If they had previously used the drug heavily and built a strong tolerance, it can be very dangerous for them to go back to their previous level of drug use if they relapse.

Once tolerance has dropped, a smaller amount of the same drug can have the same effect on the body that a larger dose did in the past. A previously “normal” dose may now cause a person to overdose.

It is best to work to resist drug abuse and seek expert addiction treatment. But if you do relapse after going through withdrawal, monitor your drug use and use a smaller amount of opioids than you had been using before you began the recovery process.

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