The drug has no effect on those who haven't taken opioids.

Limit your use of opioids to less than 2 weeks.

Sometimes one form of opioid works much better than other forms.

Older people in particular may experience side effects from opioids.

So then it is time rotate again to another opioid.

Like most side effects of opioids, they usually wear off over time.

Like with most other opioids, there is a high risk of addiction.

Opioids were used to treat major depression until the late 1950s.

Most ultimately did resort to opioids, usually in the last few weeks of life.

The main opioid we use, morphine, has been around for some 200 years.

Q: Would you say that opioids are a last resort?

Opioids also may be used for pain relief after surgery.

Patients should be watched closely for side effects of opioids.

Sometimes, in severely addicted people, the opioids should not be used at all.

It targets the same places in the brain that opioids do.

In some cases, it was given with opioids to reduce nausea.

Most people take opioids until the pain goes away.

Nevertheless, some physicians continue to use it as a first line strong opioid.

Q: What about the use of opioids for breakthrough pain?

The most common medicines used are opioids, also known as narcotics.

Age (young or old) is not a contraindication to strong opioids.

Less than 1 percent of patients taking opioids actually become addicted."

Doctors are not the only people reluctant to venture into using opioids.

It is reasonable to base the choice of opioid on other factors.

However, this problem is not limited to opioids alone.