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What Is the Difference Between Opioids, Opiates and Benzodiazepines?
Question by Salmon: What is the difference between opioids, opiates and benzodiazepines?
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Answer by DGB
Opiate is an often-misused term. Any drug which affects the opioid receptors is often incorrectly labeled an opiate, however definitionally the opiates refer to alkaloids extracted from poppy pods and their semi-synthetic counterparts which bind to the opioid receptors. Basically to be called an opiate one has to either be a natural opioid receptor agonist or start the refining process with one of the natural alkaloid molecules. Once chemically altered, such as the process of converting Morphine into Heroin, the drug is then labeled a semi-synthetic opiate or semi-synthetic opioid – the terms can be used interchangeably. This distinction can be a little confusing since Morphine, Codeine and Thebaine are all pure alkaloids that bind to the Opioid receptors, but Papaverine, which is also a naturally occurring alkaloid inside the poppy pod is not an opiate because it does not act on the opioid receptors.
So Natural Opiates are Morphine, Codiene and Thebaine.
Semi-synthetic opiates (or semi-synthetic opioids) are Heroin (diamorphine), Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Dihydrocodiene, Hydromorphone, Oxymorphone, Buprenorphine, Etorphine, Naloxone and Nicomorphine.
How Drug Dependence Becomes Drug Addiction
How Drug Dependence Becomes Drug Addiction
Anyone who is prescribed opiates, benzodiazepines, or stimulant medications will in a short period of time experience a series of adjustments in which their body and mind come to depend on the substance being present. Moving from … Today they are …
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If Your on Methadone and Switch to Suboxin Too Early Do You Go Into Withdrawls?
Question by jasonzane2001: If your on methadone and switch to suboxin too early do you go into withdrawls?
My husband was at 64 milligrams of methadone quit cold turkey for 40 hrs, his doctor switched him to 8 milligrams of suboxin and now he is on the floor in withdrawels….Is this normal???
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Answer by Rickydotcom
It’s not that he was switched too early, he was started too late. Contact the prescriber immediately. He’ll probably increase the dose for a short period of time. Also make sure he’s dissolving the tablet under the tongue. If he’s swallowing the pill, it’s inactivated by the liver in what’s called the “first-pass effect.”
Rick the Pharmacist
(work in a drug treatment center part-time)
Addendum
Nalxone when taken orally has absolutely no pharmacological activity. It is only active if injected. It does not survive the liver’s “first pass effect.” I’ve seen patient need as much as 24mg the first few days. Subutex would be an option, too.
Pot Use Presents Long–term Danger to Teens' Brains, Study Suggests
Pot use presents long–term danger to teens' brains, study suggests
Montreal researchers say they've found evidence that pot-smoking interferes with the healthy development of teens' brains and puts them at risk for developing a dependence to the drug, as well as for mental health problems. Whether marijuana is …
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Alarm grows louder on Molly's Deadly Mystique
"The drug Molly is a street name — what it is, no one is really sure." Also largely unknown are the longterm effects. Users haven't been followed extensively enough or for a long enough period of time, Kelly said. But overdoses, in addition to …
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Took Suboxone Last Night, Really Sick Today?
Question by Alison: Took Suboxone last night, really sick today?
Last night around nine I took half of an 8 milligram Suboxone. I am not prescribed to it, nor do I have an opiate addiction, for which it is prescribed. It took a little time to kick in, and after a while I began to feel sick and I threw up a couple times. Today my throat was very phlegmy and I feel like I have caught a mini-flu. Is this normal and will it go away? Any info would be very helpful.
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Answer by pareekshya
This medication is used to treat narcotic (opioid) dependence. It works by preventing withdrawal symptoms, since the buprenorphine is actually a type of narcotic (opioid) itself. It should be used as part of a complete narcotic dependence treatment plan.
What Can You Tell Me About Heroin Addiction?
Question by avavu: What can you tell me about heroin addiction?
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Answer by Md. I
“What are the street names/slang terms for Heroin?
Big H, Blacktar, Brown sugar, Dope, Horse, Junk, Mud, Skag, Smack.
What is Heroin ?
Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. It is a “downer” or depressant that affects the brain’s pleasure systems and interferes with the brain’s ability to perceive pain.
What does it look like?
White to dark brown powder or tar-like substance.
How is it used?
Heroin can be used in a variety of ways, depending on user preference and the purity of the drug. Heroin can be injected into a vein (“mainlining”), injected into a muscle, smoked in a water pipe or standard pipe, mixed in a marijuana joint or regular cigarette, inhaled as smoke through a straw, known as “chasing the dragon,” snorted as powder via the nose.