Facts
Group of chemicals that reduce pain, increase pleasure and slow breathing.
What are opioids?
*Feelings of calm ,sleepiness, confusion*Slowed or stopped breathing*Nausea, vomiting*Constipation
What are short term effects of opioid use?
Brown powder, white dust, black sticky substance, referred to as smack, brown sugar or oin.
What is Heroin?
The only alternative to jails, institutions, dereliction and death for an addict.
What is recovery?
Stimulate certain points on or under the skin, to treat pain nausea and other conditions.
What is acupuncture?
Disease commonly transmitted trough the sharing of needles
What is HIV?
*Addiction*Heart Infection*Lung Infection*Muscle Pain
What are Long Term Effects of opioid use?
Oxycontin, Percocet, and Vicodin
What are opioid pills?
A non-profit fellowship or society for whom drugs have become a major problem.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
Exercise involving slow stretching movements, often prescribed for chronic neck and back pain
What is yoga?
Anything that makes you go back to using drugs because it reminds you of taking that drug or getting high.
What are triggers?
Confusion, respiratory arrest, extreme sleepiness, pinpoint pupils and intermittent loss of consciousness.
What are the signs of overdose?
100 x more potent than morphine
What is Fentanyl?
Can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
A pain intervention that uses relaxation techniques and visualization of calming mental images to manage acute and chronic pain
What is guided imagery?
More people die of overdose from________ than from heroin and cocaine combined.
What are prescription opioids?
Over time opioids can change the way the brain works. If they are stopped all of a sudden, it can be unpleasant or painful. It is like having the flu but much worse. All of this makes it very hard to stop taking the drug. This is called_________.
What is addiction?
Prescription drug consisting of hydrocodone and Acetaminophen
What is Vicodin?
A treatment method involving the use of medications like Suboxone and Methadone a long with behavioral therapy to treat substance use disorder.
What is MAT/MAR medication assisted treatment/medication assisted recovery?
Daily practice of relaxation to calm the mind, in silence or with quiet music
What is meditation?
Substance use disorder combined with a mental health diagnosis
What is co-occurring disorder?
Relationships, time, money, happiness,
What we lose to addiction
Brand name prescription pain medication commonly sought for illegal use.
What is OxyContin?
Hard work,proper attitude, learning new skills and not using alcohol or other drugs
What is recovery?
A form of talk therapy that helps people identify and develop skills to manage thoughts and behaviors. For pain management it helps patients change awareness of pain and develop better coping skills.
What is CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?