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Opioid Addiction FAQ: Experts’ Guide to the Hard Facts

July 5, 2017 by ATForum

As opioids claim an ever-greater number of American lives, the DAILY NEWS turned to the nation’s top medical specialists for what the addicted and their loved ones need to know. “

By Dr. Yasmin Hurd, Dr. Edwin Salsitz and the staff of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai in New York.

Frequently asked questions about opioid and opiate addiction and use include:

  • What are opioids?
  • What are opiates?
  • How do opioids affect the brain and the body?
  • Why are opioids addictive?
  • How quickly can someone become addicted?
  • What percentage of patients prescribed opioids become addicted?
  • What are the signs of addiction?
  • What are the signs that someone has recently taken or is addicted to opioids?
  • How does combining opioids with benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax affect the user?
  • How does methadone differ from other opioids in its chemistry and its effect on addicts?
  • What are the most effective treatments for those who become addicted?
  • What are diseases or medical conditions that arise secondary to opioid addiction? Do these side-effects vary by opioid drug?

Read more at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/opioid-addiction-faq-experts-guide-hard-facts-article-1.3269387

Source: NYDailyNews.com – June 23, 2017

Filed Under: 2017, News Updates

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