Heroin also produces profound degrees of tolerance and physical dependence. Tolerance occurs when more and more of the drug is required to achieve the same effects. With physical dependence, the body adapts to the presence of the drug and withdrawal symptoms occur if use is reduced abruptly. Withdrawal may occur within a few hours after the last time the drug is taken. Symptoms of withdrawal include restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps (âcold turkeyâ), and leg movements.
1. Congestive heart failure (Statistical Brief #142, 2009 data) â The mean cost per CHF readmission is $13,000, with a 25.1 percent readmission rate. This is 118 percent the cost of an initial admission for CHF, which costs $11,000 on average.
beneficiaries whose stays due to heart disease and stroke involved a surgical procedurereceived $16.4 billion in payments. That amounted to $11,746 per discharge. The Cost of Living With Heart Disease or Stroke Some 58,800,000 people live with some form of heart disease or stroke. In 1996, the estimated first-year cost for a heart transplant was $253,200. Theestimated annual followup cost was more than $21,200. â¢ Some 482,000 percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedures wereperformed in 1996. Between 1987 and 1996, these procedures increased by 211percent.