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Below is a comprehensive list of symptoms suffered by Heroin addicts during withdrawal. Some people (99% of the time, not addicts themselves) compare withdrawal symptoms to the symptoms of flu, however most addicts would state that if it was to be compared with flu at all, then the symptoms of flu would have to be multiplied by at least ten and then extra symptoms added on top of that. Even then flu wouldn't come close to the severity of a withdrawal!

Universal Symptoms

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