NUR 405 Opioid Crisis
- Names of opioids
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Hydrocodone Oxycodone
Methadone Naloxone
- Methadone
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Another fully synthetic opioid. It is commonly dispensed to recover- ing heroin addicts to relieve the symptoms of withdrawal.
- Naloxone
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Injection or a nasal spray- is used as a treatment for overdoses. It blocks or reverses the effects of opioids and is often carried by first responders.
- Opioid use disorder
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Clinical term for opioid addiction or abuse.
- Dependence
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physical need
- Addiction
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Behavior change (typically comes after dependence) may steal to get drugs
- Withdrawal
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People who become dependent on opioids may experience with- drawal symptoms when they stop taking the pills
- Dependence is often coupled with tolerance
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Opioid users need to take in- creasingly larger doses of medication for the same effect
-Taking 1 mg than increasing to 1.5 mg
- People who become dependent on pain pills may switch to...
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Heroin because it is less expensive than prescription opioids. 3 out of 4 new heroin users start out using RX drugs
- What are prescription drug monitoring programs?
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Databases which enable health care providers to curb "doctor shopping" by patients who obtain
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