Can Veins Heal After Years of IV Drug Use?

Dr. Peter Coleman, who is Board-certified in Addiction Medicine and has been in recovery from opioid use himself since 1984, discusses whether veins can heal after prolonged intravenous (IV) drug use.

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[lennymclean.]

I lost almost all the peripheral veins in my arms due to years of heroin, crack and amphetamine use. I started going in my feet but stopped when I hit an artery and my foot swelled so much I couldn't remove my shoe. That really scared me. Thankfully I've been off the needle for the best part of 5 years now and my veins have shown a little improvement. They'll never go back to how they were before I started injecting though. DON'T START!

[leevahal]

You would thing a heart vein or artery would be more important to repair naturally to avoid stents or open heart surgery.

[GeneralRELee]

What about years of iv use for instance like blood donation or medical iv's

[elkiesavage]

His accent is so amazing he has an ?australian twang!!! Im Australian and I can hear it! ❤

[berchiesparanormaltv]

I’m going to disagree with you, I’ve been a heroine user for years and destroyed my veins in my arms but over time they have grown back but has took a few years of being off substances totally

[randythomas]

It's a simple answer. Yes. Or no.

[toYoutuber]

Does injecting drugs cause plaque formation in veins... please reply

[sakodasaori]

Anyone knows about how long should wait for? :(

[jamiecampbell]

I blew mine by being impatient and pushing when I think I’m in a vein or partly in and got one staph infection for it, , The Fentynal is horrible we need to hold China to task for it