Opioids and Opiates

Suboxone is abused by individuals to help alleviate opioid withdrawals.

CNS depressants are a category of prescription medications and illicit drugs with a high potential to cause dependence, tolerance, and addiction.

Codeine is an opiate widely prescribed for the treatment of pain relief. However, It is a drug that is widely misused by young adults due to its influence and popularity in pop culture.

Darvon and Darvocet are synthetic opioids accountable for thousands of hospitalizations and fatalities until being outlawed in 2010.

Fentanyl is an opioid pain reliever that is generally used in cancer patients who form a tolerance to other opioids.

Opioids tend to stay in the body for varying amounts of time, depending on many factors.

Hydrocodone is a semisynthetic, moderately potent opioid with a strong potential for abuse and addiction within a very short period.

Vicodin is a prescription painkiller that holds the capacity to cause dependence, tolerance, and addiction, even if used as prescribed.

Dilaudid is considered to be one of the most powerful synthetic narcotics in the opiate category that can cause dependence and addiction within a short period.

Kava is a popular supplement that is commonly abused for its psychoactive properties.

Lean is a highly addictive recreational beverage that can cause severe health complications.

Loperamide is a well-known antidiarrheal agent that causes euphoric high when taken in large doses.

The active ingredients in Lortab make this medication a highly addictive substance.

What was intended to help is now the cause of the opioid epidemic. 

Methadone is an opioid medication recognized for its contribution against heroin addiction even though it too has the potential to cause addiction, especially among those with a history of opioid dependency.

Morphine is an opioid medication that is highly effective in relieving moderate to severe chronic pain. This key function is also the cause of dependency and addiction among its users.

Norco possesses the capacity to form an addiction even when consumed as prescribed.

NyQuil is a safe medication only when used as prescribed.

The increase in opioid prescription led the way to widespread abuse and addiction to legal and illicit opioids.

Opiates are a category of highly addictive pain relievers that hold a high potential for causing physical and psychological dependence and addiction on the user.

Abuse of over-the-counter medications may contribute to dependence, severe side effects, and addiction.

Oxycodone is a prescription opioid painkiller with a high potential for developing tolerance, dependence, and addiction among its users within a short period.

Percocet is a widely abused prescription painkiller that produces a sense of euphoria similar to that of heroin.

Demerol is a synthetic opioid pain medication with a high potential to cause addiction within a short period.

Snorting oxycodone is the most common form of abuse that entails its own set of health risks.

Synthetic opioids are man-made substances with opiate-like effects.

Tramadol is a prescription pain reliever with the potential to cause dependence, tolerance, and addiction within a few weeks, even if consumed under strict prescription.