Sentences with phrase «powerful opioid medications»

Many experts say the prescription painkiller epidemic started when physicians began over-prescribing powerful opioid medications, a well - meaning attempt to more aggressively treat patients» pain.

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The investigators told the AP they discovered two dozen pills in an Aleve bottle in Prince's home that had been labeled «Watson 385,» a stamp used to ID pills that contain a mix of two other pain - relieving medications: hydrocodone (another powerful opioid painkiller) and acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol).

A recent wave of overdoses in states including Ohio and Kentucky has taught law enforcement officers and first responders that the medication used to reverse opioid overdoses — a powerful chemical called Narcan, or naxolone — often fails to rouse patients who have taken too much carfentanil.

The Opiates / Opioids are extremely powerful pain medications.