Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy film. With some great acting and one of the best scripts to surface for a while this film is an absolute must see… and you’ll be talking about for a long time to come." Evan Williams of "The Australian" gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4 saying, "Ecstasy comes with the full bag of cinematic tricks... The film delivers a powerful and plausible climax." Rob Salem of "The Toronto Star" gave the film 3 stars out of 4 saying, "Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy is to ecstasy what Trainspotting was to heroin." Negative reviews came from critics who noted comparisons to
Heroin continues to be widely used in palliative care in the UK, where it is commonly given by the subcutaneous route, often via a syringe driver, if patients cannot easily swallow morphine solution. The advantage of diamorphine over morphine is that diamorphine is more fat soluble and therefore more potent by injection, so smaller doses of it are needed for the same effect on pain. Both of these factors are advantageous if giving high doses of opioids via the subcutaneous route, which is often necessary in palliative care. A number of European countries prescribe heroin for treatment of heroin addiction. Diamorphine