Sentences with phrase «opiate painkillers»
A huge part of the responsibility, she added, is on doctors to avoid prescribing opiate painkillers when not completely necessary — for they can lead to addictions to stronger drugs.
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A new study showed that opiate painkillers prescribed after severe injury do not actually lead to long - term use.
«The heroin dealers have upped the quality of their product to compete with the pharmaceutical companies» that sell opiate painkillers, Chassman said.
Not exact matches
The third documentary, Opiate City, investigates the world of prescription painkillers and how the country's crackdown on oversubscription has led to a population dependent on opiates, particularly heroin.
That year he posed a theory that the warm afterglow and the constant craving for chile are due to capsaicin triggering the release of the body's natural painkillers called endorphins, which have been called «the body's natural opiates,» are the cause of the so - called runner's high, and are capable of turning a painful experience into a pleasurable one.
For those of us who don't prefer to use opiates and other painkillers (hydrocodone, Vicodin, etc.), it could be a viable option.
Opiates are drugs that are derived from the opium poppy, and range from some of the most addictive painkillers such as codeine, oxycodone, and fentanyl to illicit drugs, such as heroin.
Nielsen pointed to remarks Poloncarz made at a recent Opiate Epidemic Task Force meeting, where he touted Erie County's recent lawsuit filing against major pharmaceutical companies for misrepresenting the addictive properties of their opioid - based painkillers.
«They are preying upon an ever - expanding population of those who become addicted to opiates,» he said, pointing out that many of these individuals start out with legal prescriptions to the highly addictive painkillers.
He had become addicted to opiate - based painkillers and he strangled Katie to death... in front of their 18 - month - old daughter.
But Tasmania's powerful poppy industry, the world's largest supplier of pharmaceutical grade opiates for painkillers, is strongly lobbying for the moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMO) to be lifted
< Opiates are powerful painkillers, but they come with some baggage: a troubling tendency to depress breathing.
Today, Donna relies on opiates and non-opiate painkillers to keep her legs somewhat under control.
Examples of addictions we treat: alcohol, benzos, caffeine, marijuana, smoking, methamphetamine, opiates / painkillers, and food addiction.
Once again citing statistics from the CDC, 33.4 % of suicide decedents tested positive for alcohol, 23.8 % for antidepressants, and 20.0 % for opiates, including heroin and prescription painkillers.