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    Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a substance use disorder characterized by cravings for opioids, continued use despite physical and/or psychological deterioration...
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  • Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is a treatment in which prescribed opioid agonists are given to patients who live with Opioid use disorder (OUD). In the...
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    Substance use disorder (SUD) is the persistent use of drugs despite substantial harm and adverse consequences to self and others. Related terms include...
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    recreational opioid use, the term opioid use disorder is used, whereas when due to prescribed medications, the term prescription opioid use disorder is used. Opioid...
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    factors for opioid overdose include high levels of opioid dependence, use of opioids via injection, high dosed opioid usage, having a mental disorder or having...
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    with substance use disorders. Not only are youth at a heightened risk of developing opioid addictions, but treating opioid use disorder in this population...
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  • of use of Opioids Opioid dependence Opioid intoxication Opioids withdrawal Opioids induced delirium Opioids induced psychotic disorder Opioids induced mood...
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    trend in the volume of opioid pain relievers prescribed is an increase in admissions for substance use disorder treatments and opioid-related deaths. This...
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    Naltrexone (category Delta-opioid receptor antagonists)
    primarily used to manage alcohol use or opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and feelings of euphoria associated with substance use disorder. It has...
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    Buprenorphine (category Delta-opioid receptor antagonists)
    name Subutex among others, is an opioid used to treat opioid use disorder, acute pain, and chronic pain. It can be used under the tongue (sublingual), in...
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    The μ-opioid receptors (MOR) are a class of opioid receptors with a high affinity for enkephalins and beta-endorphin, but a low affinity for dynorphins...
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    Methocinnamox (category Mu-opioid receptor antagonists)
    treatment of opioid use disorder and opioid overdose due to its much longer-lasting and insurmountable effects relative to other opioid antagonists like...
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    primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid use disorder, reversing...
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    Buprenorphine/naloxone (category Kappa-opioid receptor antagonists)
    used to treat opioid use disorder, and reduces the mortality of opioid use disorder by 50% (by reducing the risk of overdose on full-agonist opioids such...
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  • A methadone clinic is a medical facility where medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are dispensed-—historically and most commonly methadone, although...
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    the national opioid epidemic, the legislation would expand access to methadone, an approved medication for treating opioid use disorder (OUD). The bill...
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  • American name for an edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Opioid use disorder Angads Airport, by IATA code Jacobus Oud (1890–1963), Dutch architect...
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    Substance disorders, such as alcohol use disorder or opioid use disorder, are all common in patients with histrionic personality disorder. They are also...
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    Naloxone and naltrexone are commonly used opioid antagonist drugs which are competitive antagonists that bind to the opioid receptors with higher affinity than...
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  • List of psychotropic medications (category Anxiety disorders)
    - an opioid medicine used to treat moderate to severe pain, and in some formulations to treat opioid use disorder Belsomra (Suvorexant) – used to treat...
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  • 292.84 Opioid-induced mood disorder 292.89 Opioid-induced sexual dysfunction 292.89 Opioid-induced sleep disorder 292.9 Opioid-related disorder NOS 304...
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  • risk of substance use disorders later in life. Opioid usage is common among pregnant women and is on the rise. Opioid drugs are used for various reasons...
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  • In response to the surging opioid prescription rates by health care providers that contributed to the opioid epidemic in the United States, US states...
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    million people suffer from opioid use disorder. They also reported that in 2015, 450,000 people died as a result of drug use, with between a third and...
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    2020). "Cannabis as a Gateway Drug for Opioid Use Disorder". Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. 48 (2: Opioid Controversies: The Crisis – Causes and Solutions)...
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  • market, drugs and digital therapies are commercialized to treat opioid use disorder and adjacent diseases. Products targeting other therapeutic areas...
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    Methadone (category Mu-opioid receptor agonists)
    synthetic opioid used medically to treat chronic pain and opioid use disorder. Prescribed for daily use, the medicine relieves cravings and opioid withdrawal...
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  • H. (2015). "Treating Tobacco Use Disorder in Pregnant Women in Medication-Assisted Treatment for an Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Review". Journal...
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    Mitragyna speciosa (category Opioids)
    traditional opioids, some people use kratom in the attempt to manage opioid use disorder, though no clinical trials have been done supporting this use. As of...
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    Morphine (category Use dmy dates from September 2024)
    one's dose is reduced after long-term use, opioid withdrawal symptoms may occur. Caution is advised for the use of morphine during pregnancy or breastfeeding...
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