opioid
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- noun
- /ˈoʊpiˌɔɪd/
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opioide
- The increase in opioids prescribed for chronic pain has raised concerns about addiction.
- prescription opioids
- pharmaceutical opioids
- opioid drugs
But I mean, you know, pills, opioids, heroin.
- But I mean, you know, pills, opioids, heroin.
- So I had kicked the opioids right before.
- Once you're addicted, you have to keep using opioids to avoid feeling awful.
- So if you take opioids, it can cause extreme Constipation.
- So oh, I'm just glad you're not giving them opioids or anything like that.
- And you know, withdrawing from opioids that first week, it ain't for everyone.
- So are opioids potentially more dangerous than marijuana?
- And we're in a similar cycle now with prescription opioids.
- So people, for example, can take opioids for years and years without any serious health damage.
- We will explore these topics during our afternoon session today with experts on guns, opioids, and mental health.
- That was purposely getting people hooked on these opioids, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people.
- By the way, opioids and benzos, not a good combo.
- It's like saying, how do I find the balance with opioids?
- Where will we be without men and opioids, benzos.
- So we, we don't, we don't like, you know, people who sell drugs or opioids or things like that.
- And it was the sense of well-being, extraordinary sense of well-being from the opioid.
Examples
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Abusing prescription opioids can put your health and life at serious risk.
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Hundreds, thousands of Americans died during the opioid epidemic.
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Now the most obvious one is opioid drugs.
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Only one in five people with opioid use disorder has access to it.
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So whether or not the opioid actually caused the death, we don't know.
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Every hour of every day, six people in the US die from an opioid overdose.
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Many individuals explained their continued use of nonprescribed opioids in terms of pleasure-seeking reasons.
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Once you're addicted, you have to keep using opioids to avoid feeling awful.
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Opioids, even prescribed ones, if misused, the consequences can be deadly.
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Eleven participants were currently in an outpatient treatment program for pharmaceutical opioid and/or heroin abuse.
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Synonyms
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A medicine or chemical that treats illness and sometimes changes how someone feels
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A strong drug used for severe pain that can make a person numb and cause addiction
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Medicine you take to reduce pain
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A tablet you take to make body pain less
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A medicine that relieves pain
How Potent
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Surface Forms
Morphology
opioid = opium (transparent) = opio + oid
Formed from the element related to 'opium' plus '-oid' meaning 'like', so it denotes substances like/opium-derived which corresponds to the drug sense.
Etymology
Opioid comes from opium and the ending -oid meaning 'like', so an opioid is a drug 'like opium' that reduces pain but can be addictive.