The American Psychiatric Association defines opioid addiction as a continuous preoccupation to take more opioids despite negative professional and social consequences due to their behaviors. Addiction and drug dependence have physical, behavioral, and cognitive...
Opioids are potent central nervous system depressants that have many associated risk factors. They should only be used as a last resort when other less addictive pain management options prove ineffective. When opioids are used on their own, they have a high risk for...
Opioids like oxycodone, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, and oxymorphone have a high overdose potential and high rates of abuse. In the 1990s, pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma misled doctors to think that synthetic opioids could be prescribed with minimal...
