NEU 365W Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Opioid Overdose, Opioid Use Disorder, Polycyclic Compound
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2 elderly passed out with child in back & can"t be aroused. Risk over overdose with opioids is huge because when taking illicit opioids - don"t know dose (what it"s laced with) Explain why opioid deaths have increased and which age groups are most affected. Lag in increase in prescription opioids deaths & heroin drug poisonings. Due to more imposed restrictions people turn to illicit opioids & contamination of fentanyl. Salt & pepper look for southern states. Southwest and great plains are hot spots. Oil industries with low populations (trucking and shipping across) Buprenorphine - partial agonist - used to treat heroin addiction. Heroin - originally sold as non-addictive opiate to treat cough and asthma (1898) 4 categories of opioids and give examples of each. Opium - dried, powdered mixture of ~20 alkaloids found in poppy seeds (specifically morphine) Opiate - any agent derived from opium. Opioid - all substances with morphine-like properties (activates opioid receptors)
