{"id":8420,"date":"2017-06-19T10:56:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsajc.com\/?p=8420"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:41:01","slug":"learning-about-opiates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/learning-about-opiates\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning About Opiates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Opiates are medicines used to relieve moderate to severe pain. They may be used for a short time for pain, such as after surgery. Or they may be used for long-term pain. They don’t cure a health problem. But they help you manage the pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opiates relieve pain by changing the way your body feels pain and the way you feel about pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes opiates are used for people who can’t take other pain medicines. They may be prescribed if you have heart, kidney, or liver problems. For instance, you may take an opiate instead of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). NSAIDs include ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxen (Aleve).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opiates are powerful medicines. You may need to take extra steps to stay safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opiates or other medicines that contain them include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taking too much (overdose) of an opiate can cause death. To avoid an overdose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Common side effects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may have other side effects or reactions. Check the information that comes with your medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Call 911<\/b> anytime you think you may need emergency care. For example, call if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call your doctor now<\/b> or seek immediate medical care if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch closely for changes in your health, and be sure to contact your doctor if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Care instructions adapted under license by Neuromuscular Spine & Joint Center. This care instruction is for use with your licensed healthcare professional. If you have questions about a medical condition or this instruction, always ask your healthcare professional. Kopp Medical LLC, DBA Neurmomuscular Spine & Joint Center disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction Opiates are medicines used to relieve moderate to severe pain. They may be used for a short time for pain, such as after surgery. Or they may be used for long-term pain. They don’t cure a health problem. But they help you manage the pain. Opiates relieve pain by changing the way your body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[53,54,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsajc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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