Opioids

Opioids encompass a vast number of pain-relieving medications that vary in strength, half-life, and addictive nature. Overcoming opioid addiction can be challenging, but necessary. When unchecked, opioid addiction can quickly worsen and lead to serious consequences.

First Signs You May Be Taking Too Much Suboxone

First Signs You May Be Taking Too Much Suboxone

Suboxone is a brand name for buprenorphine, which is an opioid medication. It has been used to treat both pain and addiction to other opioids. Like any other drug, it can be abused or used to get high. Like other medications, suboxone has short-term and long-term side...

What Are Synthetic Opioids?

What Are Synthetic Opioids?

Opioids are a class of drugs used as analgesics. They relieve pain for chronic backaches, cancer treatments, and more. They function by attaching themselves to your brain's opioid receptors and acting throughout your nervous system, effectively blocking pain signals....

Why Is Heroin So Addictive?

Why Is Heroin So Addictive?

Heroin is an illegal drug that activates opioid receptors in the brain to block feelings of pain. It can also produce relaxation and an out-of-body sensation. Most users experience a sense of euphoria while taking the drug, which is why heroin is so addictive....

How Does Opioid Addiction Start?

How Does Opioid Addiction Start?

Opioids are a class of drugs that produce morphine-like effects. They are effective at treating moderate to severe pain. When used correctly, opioids can be beneficial. However, opioids are considered highly addictive, and misusing opioids increases the risk of...

Is Promethazine A Narcotic?

Is Promethazine A Narcotic?

Promethazine (whose full name is promethazine hydrochloride) is a prescription drug used to treat a number of common ailments: allergies, motion sickness, difficulty falling asleep, nausea and vomiting, anxiety, and post-op pain management. But like so many other...

2 Types of Opioids You Should Know About

2 Types of Opioids You Should Know About

What are opioids? “Opioid” is a term that encompasses multiple types of opioid drugs. This includes, but is not limited to opium, heroin, morphine, and fentanyl. When consumed, opioids act on the Mu receptors in the brain, creating a euphoric effect and producing pain...

Overdose Medication Basics: Narcan

Overdose Medication Basics: Narcan

What Is Narcan? Narcan is a brand name of the overdose medication naloxone. It is used to counteract the depressive effects of opioids, essentially reversing an opioid overdose. As an opioid antagonist, Narcan is able to quickly restore breathing function, increase...

Signs of Opioid Addiction

Signs of Opioid Addiction

In less than 2 decades, the CDC reports that nearly 450,000 individuals died from opioid-related overdoses - both prescription and illicit. The possibility of overdosing is among the greatest risks when using any opioids, even the prescription kind. Opioid addiction...

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