Types of Opioids
What is the most popular illegal opioid. It is a highly addictive opioid drug processed from morphine.
What is: Heroin
A process of change through which people with substance use disorders improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.
What is: Recovery
Treatment for opioid use disorder combining the use of medications (methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone) with counseling and behavioral therapies.
What is: Medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
A compound resembling opium in addictive properties or physiological effects.
What is: Opioid
Pain that lasts 3 months or more and can be caused by a disease or condition, injury, medical treatment, inflammation, or even an unknown reason.
What is: Chronic pain
An opioid drug most commonly prescribed for patients recovering from surgery.
What is: Oxycodone
In drug addiction, it is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. It often times requires frequent behavioral and/or pharmacologic adjustments to be treated effectively.
What is: Relapse
An emergency medication used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose and restore breathing. If it is used quickly enough, can prevent a person from dying of an overdose.
What is: Naloxone
A drug derived from or related to opium made from poppy plants
What is: Opiate
The use of prescription drugs without a prescription or in a manner other than as directed by a doctor, including use without a prescription of one’s own; use in greater amounts, more often, or longer than told to take a drug; or use in any other way not directed by a doctor.
What is: Drug misuse
An opioid drug that is the most common painkiller used in hospitals through IV
What is: Morphine
Symptoms that can occur after long-term use of a drug is reduced or stopped. Symptoms often lead a person to use the substance again.
What is: Withdrawal
An opioid drug made in laboratories that is commonly used to treat addiction to heroin and other opioids.
What is: Methadone
A set of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate people to fear and discriminate against other people. Whether perceived or real, often fuels myths and misconceptions, and can influence choices.
What is: Stigma
An opioid drug made in laboratories that is much stronger (50 to 100 times) than other legal opioids. It is prescribed only to treat very severe pain.
What is: Fentanyl
A condition that can occur with the regular use of illicit or some prescription drugs, even if taken as prescribed.
What is: Dependence
An increase in the number of people affected by a disease or condition far above what is normally expected in a population
What is: Epidemic
An opioid drug that is used as a painkiller and is commonly prescribed by doctors for mild to moderate pain or cough suppression.
What is: Codeine
Is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences
What is: Addiction