Reaction to certain medications. 1  Environmental irritants. 2  Poor oral hygiene. 3  Tobacco exposure or alcohol consumption. 4  Candida yeast infection (Oral Thrush) 5  Tongue inflammation, such as Glossitis. 6  Spicy foods such as habanero and jalapeÃ±o peppers contain compounds in the peppers that are correlated with white tongue.
Heroin (diacetylmorphine) is used for treatment of severe acute pain (such as severe acute pain due to myocardial infarction or heart attack, end stage cancer pain, post surgical pain, terminal illnesses etc.) in some countries (such as United Kingdom), as strong analgesic.
By 1400âs and 1500âs theriac, an opium preparation, was used for a variety of illnesses including: inflammation, madness, melancholy, headaches, pestilence nosebleeds and anything involving pain.In 1524- Landanum-opium added to alcohol was used as a cure all medication. of US soldiers in Vietnam experimented with heroin and 20% of those were addicted, only 5% continued using after the war. Cannabis was used in 2737 BC used as a painkiller for both medical and mental disorders.