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Opium Tracking the opioid epidemic in the United States
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What are the risks of prescription opioids?
Opioids including Oxycontin, Vicodin, and morphine can be dangerous even when prescribed...
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How to use Narcan
Naloxone effectively reverses overdose from opioid drugs.
Video: UC Davis Health
Opioid addiction: A story of recovery
The life-changing impacts of opioid addiction—and how one person found hope and support...
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Opium
Opioid drugs are derived from or mimic substances that occur naturally in the opium...
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opium poppy
Natural opioids, such as codeine, heroin, morphine, and opium, can be extraced from...
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oxycodone
The semisynthetic opioid oxycodone is widely prescribed for pain relief.
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naloxone
A package of Narcan (naloxone) nasal spray.
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Tracking the opioid epidemic in the United States
In 1999, the death rate from opioid drug overdose in the United States began to increase...
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