opioids

The amount of prescription opioids being sold in the US is insane, this is my opinion on the subject.

Do not fool yourself into thinking that opioids are gentle and harmless just because they are technically non-toxic.

It's more clear with drugs that create physical dependence, like opioids or dopamine reuptake inhibitors (cocaine, amphetamines).

Oh yes, a bureaucratic nonprofit steps in and finally the aganoizing patient is given opioids, and benzodiazepines.

Prolonged use of opioids in high doses can cause permanent damage to the inner ear.

Whether dose increase happens during long term pain treatment with opioids depends on the opioid.

At some point there will be a non-invasive nerve (or neuron) stimulator system that will replace opioids as the drug of choice.

Alcohol, cough medicines, anxiolytics and sleep aids can kill you if combined with opioids.

I hear a lot of people starting on prescribed opioids then moving to heroin because it is more affordable.

Chronic pain is very tough and opioids shouldn't just be thrown at it.

You're misunderstanding the magnitude of difference that exogenous opioids have to endorphins.

You want something even more interesting, ask how many folks in government are currently addicted to prescription opioids, or currently regular users of cocaine.

While I agree that the dangers of heroin are severely compounded by its illegality, it is intellectually dishonest to describe it as "gentle and relatively harmless." Speaking as an ex-user, opioids are a horrendous class of drug.

While dopamine makes us want, the liking part comes from opioids and also endocannabinoids (a version of marijuana produced in the brain), which paint a “gloss of pleasure”, as Berridge puts it, on good experiences.

From the article: > "the victims — mostly white, well-off and often young" > "A result has been a rising sea level of prescription painkillers that continues today, of opioids such as Percocet, Vicodin and OxyContin.

Opioids and neurotransmitters such as dopamine play a large part.

Opioids and Benzos need to be much more carefully prescribed.

Doctor, media personality, and a rational guy--whom other doctors admit to listening to-), say this, 'If I was going to be addicted to any drug--it would probally be Opioids?