OPIATE DRUG

any of a group of drugs derived from opium. Used medicinally to relieve pain and induce sleep, they include codeine, morphine, the morphine derivative heroin, and, formerly, laudanum. Sometimes included in the group are certain synthetic drugs that have morphinelike pharmacological action. All opiates are considered controlled substances by U.S. law and are available only by prescription. Heroin is not available legally at all in the United States. See also narcotics.

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books on: Opiate Drug  - 1782 results

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Drug Use, Policy, and Management
Book by Richard E. Isralowitz, Darwin Telias; Praeger Publishers, 1998
Subjects: Drug Abuse--United States, Drug Abuse--United States--Prevention
...someone, say an opiate addict, paid him...be considered a "drug dealer" subject to...drugs is similar to opiate addiction in that...maintain enough of the drug in the body to avoid...to the absence of opiates will generate a burning desire for the drug." 75 Addicts continue...
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Treating Drug Abusers
Book by Gerald Bennett; Routledge, 1990
Subjects: Community Mental Health Services, Drug Abuse--Treatment, Narcotic Addicts--Mental Health Services
...this book. It can help drug takers move away from injection. Users dependent on opiates can often be helped to...described this process with opiate drug users in the United States...consistently low numbers of opiate drug users, aged forty years...
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Drugs and Drug Policy in America: A Documentary History
Book by Steven R. Belenko; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Drug Abuse--Government Policy--United States--Sources, Drug Abuse--United States--History--Sources, Narcotics, Control Of--United States--Sources
...century chronicled the world of opiate and other drug use. In the following document...saw the discovery of a new opiate drug that was to become one of...first thought to be a benign drug that was superior to other opiates; its potential for abuse...
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A Clinical Guide to Alcohol and Drug Problems
Book by Joseph Westermeyer; Praeger Publishers, 1986
Subjects: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse
...psychological states may be drug induced or induced...include alcohol, opiates, cannabis, stimulants...to abuse specific drug types. For example...hypothesized that opiates reinforce the social...formerly abused drug was no longer available. For example, opiate addiction among Indochinese...
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Drug Treatment: What Works?
Book by Philip Bean, Teresa Nemitz; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Drug Abuse--Treatment--Great Britain, Narcotic Addicts--Rehabilitation--Great Britain
...including the use of opiates in chronic malignant...Senior Lecturer in Drug Dependence at the...and reductions in drug related accidents...of whom have been opiate dependent for many...long-acting oral opiate antagonist, which...Coerced treatment for drug-using criminal offenders...
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journal articles on: Opiate Drug  - 488 results

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The Validity of Self-reported Opiate and Cocaine Use by Out-of-treatment Drug Users
Journal article by Deborah Brooks Nelson, Lynne Kotranski, Salaam Semaan, Karyn Collier; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Cocaine, Drug abuse, Substance abuse treatment
...of valid self-- reported drug use separately for opiate use and for cocaine use...likely to underreport their drug use than were opiate users. Correlates of Valid...inaccurately reported their drug use ( 17% for opiates and 18% for cocaine...
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From Salt Injection to Naloxone: Accuracy and Myths in Peer Resuscitation Methods for Opiate Overdose
Journal article by Tracy Beswick, David Best, Jenny Bearn, Sian Rees; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 32, 2002
Subjects: Drug overdose, Narcotics, Perceptions, Substance abuse treatment
...advent of HIV, drug overdose continues...of death among opiate addicts (Oppenheimer...Reports of witnessed opiate overdose are extremely...among injecting drug users. In a sample...overdoses among opiate users attending an inpatient drug treatment unit...
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Predictors of Positive Outcomes for Out-of-treatment Opiate Injectors Recruited into Methadone Maintenance through Street Outreach
Journal article by Karen Fortuin Corsi, Carol F. Kwiatkowski, Robert E. Booth; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 32, 2002
Subjects: Behavior, Drug use, Methadone, Substance abuse treatment
...INTRODUCTION Drug use in general, and opiate addiction in particular...current illicit drug users, representing...first tested on opiate-addicted IDUs by...reducing injection drug use (Schuster, 1988...maintenance treatment for opiate-addicted IDUs is...
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Research Note - Review of Corrections-based Therapy for Opiate-dependent Patients: Implications for Buprenorphine Treatment among Correctional Populations
Journal article by Duncan Smith-Rohrberg, R. Douglas Bruce, Frederick L. Altice; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Correctional institutions, Drug abuse, Drug therapy, Health services, Narcotics
...Wall et al, 2000). Opiate users, especially injection drug users, tend to...higher than their drug-free peers (Sporer...consequences of opiate use - infectious...community-based drug treatment programs...those who underwent opiate detoxification...
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They Do Things Differently over There: Doctors, Drugs, and the "british System" of Treating Opiate Addiction
Journal article by John Witton, Francis Keaney, John Strang; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Drug addiction, Drug policy, Narcotics, Substance abuse treatment, United Kingdom
...to prescribe) the opiate substitute methadone...virtually any other drug. Three specific drugs...1914, identified drug addiction as a deviant...of criminal law, opiate addiction became...methadone as substitute opiate drugs, which might...injectable form at the drug clinics, but this...
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magazine articles on: Opiate Drug  - 125 results

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People of the Opiate: Burma's Dictatorship of Drugs
Magazine article by Dennis Bernstein, Leslie Kean; The Nation, Vol. 263, December 16, 1996
Subjects: Drug abuse--Myanmar, Drug traffic--Myanmar, Myanmar--Political aspects
People of the Opiate: Burmas Dictatorship of Drugs...take a serious approach to drug eradication are likely to...to a 1995 report on Burmas drug trade, the Australian Parliament...and extralegal. "Exports of opiates alone appear to be worth about...
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Drugs Approved for Opiate Dependence
Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 37, January 2003
Subjects: Drug addicts--Care and treatment, Drug addicts--Drug therapy, Suboxone (Medication)--Adverse and side effects, Suboxone (Medication)--Product introduction, Subutex (Medication)--Adverse and side effects, Subutex (Medication)--Product introduction
...for use at the beginning of drug abuse treatment. Suboxone (buprenorphine...in maintenance treatment for opiate addiction. Naloxone was added...available for the treatment of opiate dependence that can be prescribed in an office setting under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000...
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Rooting out Drug Abuse
Magazine article by William Thistle; Security Management, Vol. 41, March 1997
Subjects: Drug testing--Methods, Employee drug abuse--Testing, Mandatory drug testing--Methods
...Consequently, the drug detection cutoff...increase the urine opiate cutoff level for...properly identifying opiate drug abusers." This...MS) for cocaine, opiates, methamphetamine...Before selecting a drug-testing method, security...
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Spotting Drug-seeking Patients
Magazine article by Michael J. Schiesser; Medical Economics, Vol. 84, April 6, 2007
Subjects: Drug abuse, Guidelines, Patients, Physicians, United States
...worth it, since the drug is a powerful tool...medications. If treating opiate dependence is not...treatment options for opiate dependence. 4 Perform or send out urine drug screens. A 33-year-old...positive for the drug you prescribe and...member whos either opiate-dependent or trafficking...
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Prescription Drug Use and Abuse
Magazine article by Michelle Meadows; FDA Consumer, Vol. 35, September 2001
Subjects: Drug abuse--Analysis, Drug monitoring--Analysis, Drug utilization--Analysis, Drugs--Labeling, OxyContin (Medication)--Labeling
...and injecting the drug to get a fast high...the years. Abuse of opiates is not new; whats...local epidemics of opiate abuse (see "Most...school students. The drug, which produces effects...prescription drugs as the drug of choice, and others...first. "Very Strong opiate drugs play a critical...
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newspaper articles on: Opiate Drug  - 147 results

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HEROIN ADDICTION ISN'T AN ILLNESS AND WE SHOULD STOP SPENDING MILLIONS TREATING IT; Rehab Chic ... the 'Horrors' of Drug Withdrawal Are Faked for a Fashion Shoot That Appeared in Last Month's Edition of Italian Vogue
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 19, 2007
Subjects: Drug abuse, Pharmaceutical industry, Substance abuse treatment, Substance abuse--Care and treatment
...practice means the prescription ofa drug such as methadone. There is...addiction to heroin and other opiates has serious medicalconsequences...At the time,China had more opiate addicts than the rest of the...produced more cures than all the drug clinics in theworld before or...
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Half of All New Prisoners Are Drug Abusers
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 14, 2008
Subjects: Drug abuse, Drug testing, Mandatory drug testing, Prisoner abuse, Prisoners--Surveys
...also released on drug abuse inside jails...tested positive for opiates such as heroin. The...positive for the drug in random tests...clear of positive opiate tests. The same number...that testing for the opiate substitute buprenorphine...way into disrupting drug supply behind bars...
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Drug Addicts and Alcoholics Cost VHI E45m in Five Years
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 27, 2008
Subjects: Drug abusers, Drug addicts
...claims to VHI Healthcare for help with drug addiction. The annual cost averaged e9million...drugs such as tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, opiate and prescription medicines. Figures show...director Dr Bernadette Carr said: Alcohol and drug addiction are on the rise in Ireland and...
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I Went from Heathfield in Ascot to an LA Cell: My Crystal Meth Hell; 12 Million Americans Are Said to Have Used It and It Is Threatening to Take Hold in the UK: The 'Most Addictive Drug Available' Caused the Near-Death of One Woman Who Had Everything to Live For
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 8, 2007
Subjects: Drug abuse--Personal narratives, Methamphetamine--Personal narratives
...already cash-strapped health services? Tony dAgostino of the drug charity COCA believes they wont be able to cope. "If meth were...burden on the NHS, most treatment bodies are more geared towards opiate use." Judge JustinPhillips sits at one of two drugs courts set...
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A Prescription for Drug Abuse; High-Profile Victim: Australian Film Star Heath Ledger Is Thought to Have Died as a Result of Taking Too Many Prescription Drugs
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 12, 2008
Subjects: Australians, Drug abuse, Drugs--Prescribing, Prescriptions (Drugs)
A Prescription for Drug Abuse; High-Profile Victim...their interest has centred on opiate-based painkillers such ascodeine...contain paracetamol, and while a drug addictmay be able to cope with...abusers who can end up becoming drug addicts.Sometimes the system...
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encyclopedia articles on: Opiate Drug  - 4 results

 
 
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Opiate Drug
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OPIATE DRUG any of a group of drugs derived from opium . Used medicinally to relieve...certain synthetic drugs that have morphinelike pharmacological action. All opiates are considered controlled substances by U.S. law and are available only...
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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...application to opiate-drug users was invalid...aimed at disrupting drug trafficking. In general...heroin and the other opiates come into the United...the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which...substantial doses of opiates or cocaine except...
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Heroin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HEROIN he r w n, opiate drug synthesized from morphine (see...the manufacture and importation of the drug are prohibited and it is not used medically...thus easier to smuggle. See also drug addiction and drug abuse . Effects...
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Opium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...paregoric stops diarrhea. Medicinal opiates were freely available in the...least as early as 4000 b.c. The drug was introduced into India by...resulting in an epidemic of opiate addiction by the late 1800s...1887; in 1906 the Pure Food and Drug Act required accurate labeling...


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