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What are Synthetic Opioids? -
Synthetic opioids, according to ISATE, are narcotic analgesic drugs that are “manufactured in chemical laboratories with a similar chemical structure” to natural opiate drugs. These substances can be illicit drugs or medications that are legally prescribed by doctors to treat patients with mild to severe pain issues. They have many of the same qualities that ...
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What Pills are Opiates? -
Opiates are the naturally occurring alkaloid chemicals found in the opium poppy plant,Papaver somniferum, including morphine, codeine, and thebaine. More commonly, the term is used to describe pills containing these alkaloids and the many other semi-synthetic and synthetic drugs that are able to produce similar psychoactive effects. Opiates are essential in the management of pain ...
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How Painful are the Symptoms of Opium Withdrawal? -
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