Types Of Opioids
This prescription opioid is commonly sold under the brand name OxyContin.
What is Oxycodone?
Naloxone, a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses, is commonly known by this brand name.
What is Narcan?
The uncomfortable physical and mental symptoms that occur when a person stops taking opioids are called this.
What is Withdrawl?
This federal U.S. agency is responsible for overseeing the approval and regulation of medications like opioids.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
This synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than morphine. It is often illegally manufactured and many people experience overdoses due to it being mixed with other drugs.
What is Fentanyl?
This U.S. agency monitors drug misuse and enforces drug control laws.
What is the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?
The process of clearing opioids or other addictive substances from the body is known by this term.
What is detoxification?
This term refers to the increase in opioid prescribing that began in the 1990s, contributing to the opioid crisis.
What is over-prescribing?
What was the name of the mixture of opium and alcohol used to dilute the effects of opium?
What is Laudanum?
The synthetic opioid, up to 50 times more potent than heroin, has caused a surge in overdoses.
What is Fentanyl?
This part of the brain is responsible for the reward and pleasure system, and its activation is key to the development of addiction.
What is the limbic system (the brain's reward system)?
About when did doctors begin to deeper understand the negative effects of opium on the brain and try to find substitutes to wean people off?
What is around late 1800s?
This naturally occurring opioid is derived from the poppy plant. It is often prescribed for severe pain after surgery and it is named after a Greek god of dreams.
What is Morphine?
The opioid crisis began escalating in this decade due to widespread over-prescription.
What is 1990s?
To combat this addiction what were the two initial substances used?
What is Morphine and Laudanum?
What industry was largely blamed for the opium crisis due to their fraudulent drug descriptions and misinformation?
What is Big (Purdue) Pharma?
This long-acting opioid is commonly used for treating both chronic pain and opioid use disorder, as it reduces withdrawal symptoms and cravings.
What is Methadone?
What act was passed by the British Parliament in 1868 to restrict drug usage outside of medicine through limiting distribution to qualified vendors?
What is the Pharmacy Act?
Around how many people die due to opium overdose everyday?
What is around 187 deaths per day?
What war during the 1800s spurred on the opium crisis in the United States?
What is the Civil War?