Month: April 2023
What is Opioid Addiction?
Addiction is a chronic, persistent illness that recurs and can cause severe mental and physical distress. Your brain's reward circuit is activated when you take opioids. This can cause feelings of pleasure, and even euphoria. This high is temporary, and you might feel compelled by the end to continue taking opioids. Physical dependence The body…
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What is Opioid Addiction?
Addiction is a chronic, persistent illness that recurs and can cause severe mental and physical distress. Your brain's reward circuit is activated when you take opioids. This can cause feelings of pleasure, and even euphoria. This high is temporary, and you might feel compelled by the end to continue taking opioids. Physical dependence The body…
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What is Suboxone?
Suboxone, an opioid medication-assisted treatment (MAT), is designed to relieve withdrawal symptoms and increase patients' chances of remaining in treatment for the full duration. Buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist which has less impact on the brain than full opioid agonists such as heroin or methadone. Naloxone–an opioid antagonist – also blocks these effects and…
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What is Opioid Addiction?
Addiction is a chronic, persistent illness that recurs and can cause severe mental and physical distress. Your brain's reward circuit is activated when you take opioids. This can cause feelings of pleasure, and even euphoria. This high is temporary, and you might feel compelled by the end to continue taking opioids. Physical dependence The body…
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What is Opioid Addiction?
Addiction is a chronic, persistent illness that recurs and can cause severe mental and physical distress. Your brain's reward circuit is activated when you take opioids. This can cause feelings of pleasure, and even euphoria. This high is temporary, and you might feel compelled by the end to continue taking opioids. Physical dependence The body…
Read More