Opiates effects on your body can be both positive and negative. Opiates include drugs of abuse such as heroin but also prescription pain medications such as oxycodone.
While reducing pain these drugs can also be addictive and have a significant effect on your quality of life – opiates can lower your testosterone levels.
If you’re addicted to heroin, methadone, or prescription opiates having low testosterone levels may even make it more difficult to stop using these drugs. Some research has shown that recovering from opiate addiction is more difficult if you have low testosterone.
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