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Opioid Overdose

What are opioids?

Opioids, sometimes called narcotics, are a type of drug. They include strong prescription pain relievers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, and tramadol. The illegal drug heroin is also an opioid.

A health care provider may give you a prescription opioid to reduce pain after you have had a major injury or surgery. You may get them if you have severe pain from health conditions like cancer. Some providers prescribe them for chronic pain.

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  1. Opioid Overdose (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... or taking someone else's opioids. What is an opioid overdose? Opioids affect the part of the brain that ... of breathing and sometimes death. What causes an opioid overdose? An opioid overdose can happen for a variety ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/opioidoverdose.html - Health Topics
  2. What to Know About Fentanyl and Using Naloxone for Opioid Overdose Video (American Academy of Pediatrics)  
    ... What to Know About Fentanyl & Using Naloxone for Opioid Overdose Page Content By: Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, ... overdosed on xylazine, call 911 immediately. Signs of opioid overdose Signs of an opioid overdose may include: unconsciousness ...
    https://www.healthychildren.org/...naloxone-for-opioid-overdose.aspx - Videos
  3. How Naloxone Saves Lives in Opioid Overdose Video From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... in-opioid-overdose/ How Naloxone Saves Lives in Opioid Overdose To use the sharing features on this page, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...w-naloxone-saves-lives-in-opioid-overdose - Videos
  4. Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit: Recovering From Opioid Overdose (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - PDF  
    Opioid Overdose/Specifics ... Opioid Overdose ... Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ... PDF ... overdose, prevention, opioid, treatment
    https://store.samhsa.gov/.../recovering-from-opioid-overdose.pdf - External Health Links
  5. Opioid Overdose (World Health Organization)  
    Opioid Overdose/Statistics and Research ... Opioid Overdose ... World Health Organization ... The term “opioids” includes compounds that are extracted from the poppy ...
    https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/opioid-overdose - External Health Links
  6. Preventing, Recognizing, and Treating Opioid Overdose (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)  
    Opioid Overdose/Start Here ... Opioid Overdose ... Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    https://www.samhsa.gov/.../opioid-overdose - External Health Links
  7. Heroin overdose 
    ... is in the class of drugs known as opioids . This article discusses heroin overdose. An overdose occurs when someone takes too much ... Accessed July 17, 2023. Nikolaides JK, Thompson TM. Opioids. In: ... M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001-2021. NCHS ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002861.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Opioid Overdose Reversal Medications (OORM) (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)  
    Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment/Specifics ... Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment ... Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    https://www.samhsa.gov/.../opioid-overdose-reversal-medications - External Health Links
  9. Medications for Opioid Overdose, Withdrawal, and Addiction From the National Institutes of Health Infographic (National Institute on Drug Abuse)  
    Explore the different types of medications prescribed for opioid overdose, withdrawal, and addiction. Medications for overdose of opioids, ...
    https://nida.nih.gov/...id-overdose-withdrawal-addiction-infographic - External Health Links
  10. Access to Naloxone Can Save a Life during an Opioid Overdose (Food and Drug Administration)  
    Anyone can save a life during an opioid overdose with naloxone, a front-line defense in the opioid crisis. Naloxone is a life-saving drug that quickly reverses the powerful effects of ...
    https://www.fda.gov/...naloxone-can-save-life-during-opioid-overdose - External Health Links
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