Posts Tagged ‘prescribed medication’
What Is the Difference Between Opioids, Opiates and Benzodiazepines?
Question by Salmon: What is the difference between opioids, opiates and benzodiazepines?
Best answer:
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.
Does the Drug Suboxone/subutex Come in a Rectangular, Purple Pill That Tastes Like Candy?
Question by Brian M: does the drug suboxone/subutex come in a rectangular, purple pill that tastes like candy?
i recently got a “suboxone” pill from a friend in order to detox from a heroin addiction. he said that he was broke so the doctor gave him a cheaper option than the normal orange, hexagonal 8 mg tablet. the pill is shaped like a rectangular box-like thing that is sweet to the taste and purple in color.
did i get ripped off, or has anyone heard of this type of suboxone?
Best answer:
Answer by missbuttons
First of all, it is illegal to give another person prescribed medications.
Second, Suboxone is a brand-only medication, and only made by one manufacturer-Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. It is dispensed as a sublingual, hexagonal, orange tablet.
You not only got ripped off, you could have been seriously injured by taking this medication.
Heroin Addiction: Prescription Drugs Present Biggest Problem – Cork Independent
Heroin Addiction: Prescription drugs present biggest problem – Cork Independent
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Prescription drugs present biggest problem
Cork Independent A group of former heroin addicts, who work to help get addicts off the streets, said this week that while heroin is a problem in Cork, prescribed medication is the biggest problem gripping the city. The Assistant Director of Victory … |
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Heroin Addiction: Swansea sees huge rise in drug and alcohol problems – WalesOnline
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Swansea sees huge rise in drug and alcohol problems
WalesOnline The Swansea Drugs Project says it has seen an increase in referrals of 67% in alcohol users and 40% in heroin users. Ifor Glyn, the project director, will make the worrying announcement at the project's annual meeting today. He said: “Heroin and … |
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