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  2. List of opioids - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of opioids, opioid antagonists and inverse agonists. Opium and poppy straw derivatives. Seedhead of opium poppy with white latex.

  3. Opioid - Wikipedia

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    Unique to each opioid is its distinct binding affinity to the various classes of opioid receptors (e.g. the μ, κ, and δ opioid receptors are activated at different magnitudes according to the specific receptor binding affinities of the opioid). For example, the opiate alkaloid morphine exhibits high-affinity binding to the μ-opioid receptor ...

  4. Opiate - Wikipedia

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    Opiates with opioid activity are mainly used for pain management with the premise that there will be benefits for both pain & function that will outweigh the risks to the patient. [25] Another indication is symptomatic relief of shortage of breath, both in the acute setting (for example, pulmonary edema) and in terminally ill patients. [26] [27]

  5. List of Schedule II controlled substances (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    Morphine [2] 9668 opiate Noroxymorphone [5] 9610 opiate Opium extracts [2] 9620 opiate Opium fluid [2] 9330 opiate Oripavine [6] 9143 opiate Oxycodone [2] 9652 opiate Oxymorphone [2] 9639 opiate Powdered opium [2] 9600 opiate Raw opium [2] 9333 opiate Thebaine [2] 9630 opiate Tincture of opium [2] opiate Opium poppy and poppy straw [7] [note 1 ...

  6. List of Schedule I controlled substances (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    Opioids. ACSCN Drug 9815 Acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl [3] 9601 Acetylmethadol [4] [note 1] 9821 Acetylfentanyl [5] 9811 Acryl fentanyl [6] 9551 AH-7921 [7] 9602

  7. Agonist-antagonist - Wikipedia

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    The best known agonist-antagonists are opioids. Examples of such opioids are: pentazocine, agonist at the kappa (κ) and sigma (σ) and has a weak antagonist action at the mu opioid receptor (μ) [4] butorphanol, partial agonist at μ- and a pure agonist at κ-opioid receptor and antagonist activity at the delta opioid receptor (δ) [5]

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The opioid epidemic took hold in the U.S. in the 1990s. Percocet, OxyContin and Opana became commonplace wherever chronic pain met a chronic lack of access to quality health care, especially in Appalachia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the prescription opioid epidemic the worst of its kind in U.S. history.

  9. Morphine - Wikipedia

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    Morphine, formerly also called morphia, [14] is an opiate that is found naturally in opium, ... Jr. in 1952, remains a widely used example of total synthesis. [114]