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  • čas přidán 4. 01. 2019
  • Opioid drugs are a well-known class of drug due to both their ability to kill pain and kill people. Watch part 2 of this two-part series to learn how opioid drugs can cause addiction and overdose, as well as a bit of the history behind the opioid epidemic in North America.
    Watch Part 1 here: • Opioid Drugs, Part 1: ...
    Two great articles about the opioid crisis:
    The Promotion and Marketing of OxyContin: Commercial Triumph, Public Health Tragedy (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...)
    The Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: A Public Health Approach to an Epidemic of Addiction (www.annualreviews.org/doi/ful...)
    Mechanism of cAMP
    Two key functions of cAMP have been discovered in neurons. The first is the activation of ion channels to let positive charge into cells, called a “pacemaker current”, which depolarizes the neuron to activate it. Increased cAMP makes it easier for ion channels to open. Without cAMP, it is harder for these channels to open, resulting in less positive charge entering the neuron to depolarize and activate it. The second function of cAMP in neurons is to increase neurotransmitter release. Certain neurotransmitters are released via a protein kinase A dependent pathway, which is initiated by cAMP. Without cAMP, these neurotransmitters are not released. These two functions combined point to cAMP acting as a neuron activator, and thus when opioids decrease cAMP levels, neuron function is also inhibited.
    Methadone and Buprenorphine Mechanisms
    Methadone (Dolophine) is a long-acting opioid receptor activator that does not cause as much euphoria as morphine. Patients with opioid use disorder patients can enroll in a “methadone maintenance” program, in which they receive a dose of methadone every day. This prevents withdrawal symptoms and unsafe activities obtaining and administrating illicit drugs, helping patients get their lives back on track. Its ability to activate NMDA receptors may also be a reason why this drug is effective at eliminating addiction, tolerance, and withdrawal, but the true mechanisms are still being investigated.
    Buprenorphine is a partial agonist of the opioid receptor. This means at low doses it can activate the receptor, but at high doses it inhibits the receptor. Thus, the risk of overdose is limited with buprenorphine and thus can also be used to wean patients off of opioids, albeit slower than methadone.
    References:
    Kosten TR, George TP. 2002. The neurobiology of opioid dependence: implications for treatment. Science and Practice Perspectives, 1(1): 13-20
    Kolodny A, Courtwright D, et al. 2015. The prescription opioid and heroin crisis: a public health approach to an epidemic of addiction. Annual Review of Public Health, 36: 559-574
    Williams JT, Christie MJ, Manzoni O. 2001. Cellular and synaptic adaptations mediating opioid dependence. Physiological Review, 81(1):299-343

Komentáře • 127

  • @lukebaker5135
    @lukebaker5135 Před 5 lety +33

    These videos really make biology much easier to learn
    10/10

  • @maxstormhamburger3688
    @maxstormhamburger3688 Před 3 lety +6

    My "friend" somehow found himself in the "severe" classification of OUD and is just now realizing it. He said thanks for the video!

  • @Medicurio
    @Medicurio  Před 5 lety +62

    Happy new year everyone! I was hoping to get this done before January but alas I overestimated myself. Sorry for the very long wait and thanks for all your patience and support in 2018. Here's to looking forward to another year of med videos! I'm planning on posting another video in February, so stay tuned :)

    • @cerealcrusader7096
      @cerealcrusader7096 Před 5 lety +1

      Hey there. You're an absolute blessing, I got nominated for a scholarship and this video came out just in time. I was given the prompt of what issue I would like to resolve and how I could do it while attending my school. I chose the opioid epidemic because I have lost a parent to it and plan to major in neuroscience. Can I is this video as a point of reference? Do you think you could help me have me a more in depth understanding of this concept so I am well versed in this subject? Any help would be greatly appreciated

    • @Medicurio
      @Medicurio  Před 5 lety +1

      @@cerealcrusader7096 Very sorry for your loss, and all the best to your goal to become a neuroscientist. Absolutely you can use this video as a reference, but I have to admit I've only provided a very brief history on the opioid crisis due to time constraints. The full story is super interesting and I would recommend some other readings that are definitely helpful in understanding the opioid crisis better. The two articles in the video description are good starts, and the book "Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic" provides a more in-depth story of Purdue Pharma. "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America" was recently published that also provides a very detailed history of the opioid epidemic in the United States from multiple perspectives. Hope these materials help, and good luck with your scholarship application!

    • @hz2030
      @hz2030 Před 5 lety +3

      Man please post more often😪...These videos are gold
      So underated channel

    • @honeybuggyhoneybuggy2752
      @honeybuggyhoneybuggy2752 Před 5 lety

      @@Medicurio and Katherine: fwiw, my mother was the first woman thyroid and thoracic surgeon in the United States and was a screaming drug addict. Her favorites were Seconal and perhaps benzos such as Librium (also courtesy of the Sackler cartel), which always seemed to be lying around the house. Katherine, I am so sorry for your loss. You are young and have the awareness to make a great life for yourself. It's only now that I'm in my 60s that I realize the full extent of how my life was royally fucked up by the addiction of my mother and possibly grandfather (also a doctor and a prof at P&S). Medicurio, thank you so much for these clips. I'm hoping to find some mechanistic proof of how these drugs interfere with the normal social behavior of mother-child, couple, etc. Would love to see you do a clip on that. My non scientific assumption is that the receptors in the VTA that normally express social bonding are downregulated to the point that the drug user cannot find pleasure in wired behaviors such as gazing at your infant or communicating with your spouse. Thanks for the reference to the books. btw I have some wonderful ephemera from the 50s or 60s that they used to send to doctors: a beautiful Starry Night ad for a sleep aid, non-addictive, to help your patients relax and get restorative slumber. What was the drug? Phenobarbital.

    • @daithiocinnsealach1982
      @daithiocinnsealach1982 Před 4 lety +2

      Where's the video? :)

  • @cesarcdx
    @cesarcdx Před 5 lety +11

    Six months waiting for this video, it was worth it. Thank you Medicurio.

  • @whatsup968
    @whatsup968 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Went down a rabbit hole tonight. Thank you for explaining why naloxone doesn't have the same effect as an opioid like fentanyl even though it binds to the same receptors. Most explanations I found skipped over that. All they said was naloxone binds to the receptors in place of fentanyl and I was thinking "Wait, but how is that different than what fentanyl does?"
    Now I know binding to a receptor ≠ activating a receptor!
    Drug addiction and withdrawal are certainly a lot to overcome, to say that least. I feel for anyone dealing with it, and I am cheering for them, whether they are actively trying to be/are sober or not, to have true happiness and health

    • @BushyHairedStranger
      @BushyHairedStranger Před 3 měsíci

      Life liberty & the pursuit of happiness means the right for adults to enjoy any molecules of their choice in the world without fear of being investigated! arrested! kidnapped! or thrown into a cage by tyrants with badges & guns!
      Humans have used Opiates for thousands of years without “addiction” issues until Harry Anslinger of the Federal Bureau of Dangerous Drugs got involved! The FBODD would become the DEA they applied the Nazi’s anti-drug ideologies here in the USA in the 1940’s. So the Number of Opiate Addictions exploded immediately after that happened…wonder why….

  • @niktheorginal
    @niktheorginal Před 5 lety +25

    Great video, especially liked the addition of the background of the crysis and what can be done against it. Well researched, I'm willing to wait a while for this quality content :)

  • @mikorabago
    @mikorabago Před 2 lety +5

    I absolutely love the amount of detail and information on this video.
    Admittedly, this channel is one of my best sources for learning the mechanisms of the drugs and diseases.
    Thank you very much for putting this videos up for me and other aspiring medical students to learn, really!

  • @newyonzenric8276
    @newyonzenric8276 Před 5 lety +2

    Thanks for good quality content, usually I get bored studying about the analgesic drug, but this was a very smooth and calm learning experience

  • @christianwellness4363
    @christianwellness4363 Před 5 měsíci +1

    great explanation ,now i understand the chemistry behind addiction better . thank you :)

  • @erkdoc5
    @erkdoc5 Před 4 lety +3

    I disagree with your proposal for uses beside non- cancer pain. Temporary use for post surgery pain should also remain allowed. However, for chronic pain it should be avoided. If I end up with chronic pain and a doctor recommends it, I would turn it down since that seems like addiction would become unavoidable.

    • @tammywines7343
      @tammywines7343 Před 2 lety +1

      Amen ! I am finally off Methdone now trying too come off of Oxycodone. I had 3 back surgeries and I have been on oxycontin, Roxycodone, Morphine, Methadone, Percocet. My body is now hooked as is my brain. I told my Pain Dr I want off. I do have severe Spondylitis in my back, I can barely walk however I am so tired of Dr's, receiving prescriptions, side affects. I am 58 years old yet I feel worse than most 90 year Olds. I constantly tell people do not take strong opioid pain medication unless one has cancer. I wish I would have never started.

  • @Zyx3ds18
    @Zyx3ds18 Před 5 lety +41

    I’ve been waiting for this vid for so long I’m so happy it’s up. Thanks Medicurio, very cool, keep it up, proud of ya.

  • @BringBackPiracy
    @BringBackPiracy Před 5 lety +3

    I had brain surgery a few years ago in an area heavily effected by the opioid crisis, and the doctors gave me 250 pills of percoset. I never took any. My neurosurgeon advised me to smoke weed instead despite his inability to prescribe it, and high cbd indica strains helped manage my pain without destroying my life like opioids did to so many people around me.

    • @BringBackPiracy
      @BringBackPiracy Před 4 lety +1

      @@viracocha You say that but that's how my best friend in highschool started. He got percs for wisdom teeth removal and eventually progressed to heroin, and now he's dead so I'm rather skeptical

  • @Unmercey1360
    @Unmercey1360 Před rokem

    Bro, these videos just made me understand very well how the Opioids work. I started with my Anasthesie postgrade and i had doubts with the way they work. Thank you very much. Really. Thank you!

  • @harryhan2525
    @harryhan2525 Před 5 lety +3

    This channel deserves MORE SUBS!

  • @mayare1919
    @mayare1919 Před 3 lety

    great job; the best graphic/visual lecture in short form on this topic out there

  • @hajdurobert6962
    @hajdurobert6962 Před 5 lety +7

    Please make a video like this on benzodiazepines.

  • @theresamartinelli8844
    @theresamartinelli8844 Před 4 měsíci

    It’s a great gift to make the complex understandable thank you for this information.

  • @hideous4019
    @hideous4019 Před 5 lety +1

    I've been waiting!! Thank you💕

  • @lightphobe
    @lightphobe Před 5 lety +3

    This was really well done and informative. Thanks for the video!

  • @thebigcheese2416
    @thebigcheese2416 Před 4 lety +9

    This channel is incredible. I hope it gets millions of followers, your content is easy to understand yet covers such complicated topics. 10/10!! You rock!

    • @Medicurio
      @Medicurio  Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks! Glad you like them!

  • @jojon185
    @jojon185 Před 5 lety +1

    Such a great video explaining effects of opioid drugs. Very very good.

  • @maryamsed6023
    @maryamsed6023 Před 5 lety +2

    Awesome explanation, to say thanks is not enough.

  • @pilarguevara5178
    @pilarguevara5178 Před 4 lety +1

    Best explanation ever. Thank you very much.

  • @mattsains
    @mattsains Před 5 lety +8

    Medicurio is such an awesome channel, keep it up! 🙂

  • @dr.allwyndsouza5246
    @dr.allwyndsouza5246 Před 5 lety +4

    Another Great video as usual.

  • @dr.mukulkanojia
    @dr.mukulkanojia Před 4 lety

    Loved your presentation....thank you sooo very much

  • @adam5362
    @adam5362 Před 5 lety +1

    Great work as always

  • @RajSingh-qc6lq
    @RajSingh-qc6lq Před 5 lety +2

    Welcome back :) Take whatever time you need to irl, even if you have an irregular upload schedule.

  • @pedrozeinsteger
    @pedrozeinsteger Před 4 lety

    So simple, so excellent presentation.

  • @user-ol3il8zc8d
    @user-ol3il8zc8d Před rokem

    AMAZING VIDEO! I never understood opiods properly before this! Thankyou so much, please keep making more pharmacology videos :)

  • @vaishnaviramakrishna265

    So helpful and very clear explanation!!!! Thank you so much!

  • @-mw-1488
    @-mw-1488 Před 3 lety

    Amazing detail, thank you!

  • @HalfBit360
    @HalfBit360 Před 5 lety +19

    I was just prescribed hydrocodone, and frankly I don’t need it, even the nurses said I don’t, actually they said “You shouldn’t need to take it, but it’ll help you sleep”. I mean I get I just got out of surgery from a jaw infection but I’m fine with ibuprofen as for now, now I get the whole opioid epidemic...

    • @hgbugalou
      @hgbugalou Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah, but what happens when it starts hurting at 11 PM and gets worse and worse and you have no on to call after the Advil stops working? I have had a lot of dental work and have had this exact same thing happen to me because I went to a dentist who was trying to fix the opioid epidemic, and thus I was miserable for 2 days trying to get something more effective. I see why doctors and dentists give out preventative opioids in cases like yours. IMO this is not a problem they can 'fight' ethically until we get better non opioid pain meds that work the same or better as them. IMO if a doctor treats 10 patients and doesn't give opioids but 1 person out of that 10 end up suffering and in pain, that doctor has failed that one patent.
      Yes there are instances of pill mills and crooked doctors and I am not talking about them. I am taking about legit doctors that are finding it harder and harder to treat pain because they are being assigned a task that is not in the best interest of their patients, and is far beyond the scoop of what their job is. I also hate the fact that personal responsibility is non existent in this conversation every time it happens.

    • @totafea8
      @totafea8 Před 4 lety

      Dont use it unless

  • @sabinabirabwa
    @sabinabirabwa Před 3 měsíci

    very informative and helpful. thank you!

  • @iWillWakeYouUp
    @iWillWakeYouUp Před 4 lety +2

    This two-parter is by far the best video series I have ever seen on opioids. Fantastic work.

  • @sethadam982
    @sethadam982 Před 4 lety

    thankyou soo much, i realy appreciate your work.

  • @ari1667
    @ari1667 Před 5 lety

    Hey thank you very much please keep making such great videos. You're the best

  • @LuPe9999999
    @LuPe9999999 Před 5 lety

    Amazing channel thank you for these vids they are brilliant x

  • @Sociopatrick
    @Sociopatrick Před 4 lety +1

    Came from TierZoo recommendation. Just subbed. Hope you come back with more content!

  • @hafsafowad1919
    @hafsafowad1919 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you so much 💜.

  • @amitpatel936
    @amitpatel936 Před 3 lety

    it's awesome learning...

  • @jsnow07grad
    @jsnow07grad Před rokem

    Thank you!

  • @werka228
    @werka228 Před 3 lety

    Such a great video, thank you!

  • @oreskoul
    @oreskoul Před 2 lety

    such a great video. Thank you

  • @diksharani8119
    @diksharani8119 Před 4 lety +1

    Wt a crystal clear concept🤩 . Plzz keep uploading more videos. Indeed! helpful.

  • @tamim986
    @tamim986 Před 3 lety

    this is also so great thank you so much

  • @Gnokhi
    @Gnokhi Před 4 lety

    Amazing video... Keep making more... Thanks...

  • @jackierubinstein548
    @jackierubinstein548 Před 2 lety

    here after watching the tv show on purdue pharma and the opiod crisis, it's incredible

  • @vishakhadhokale4944
    @vishakhadhokale4944 Před 5 lety +1

    Hey.. I really liked this video.... I mean i had read the mechanisms before.. But i could understand this even better after your explanation.....
    Plz keep making more videos
    Love love😘

  • @jagjeevandeshmukh2250
    @jagjeevandeshmukh2250 Před 2 lety

    Nicely explanation with simple & easy way 🙏🙏

  • @kasieeenda
    @kasieeenda Před 10 měsíci

    such a great video!

  • @ManmeetSingh-wg3te
    @ManmeetSingh-wg3te Před 3 lety

    Please make a video on Benzodiazepines class of Drugs

  • @toobaqureshi2980
    @toobaqureshi2980 Před 4 lety

    Awesome videos , thanks alot .bless u.

  • @dman5909
    @dman5909 Před 5 lety +1

    I really enjoyed that video on caffeine you made! Can you make one on the effects of amphetamine stimulants on the brain and how they compare to caffeine?

  • @nhatquangpham2485
    @nhatquangpham2485 Před 3 lety

    your video is so wonderful. Thanks so much

  • @alwayswondering4051
    @alwayswondering4051 Před 4 lety +1

    Wonderful two-part presentation. Very
    well done.
    It appears that there
    are still few genuine
    pain
    'killing' medications-
    proper to date. Strangely
    enough, just about everything people use for both acute and chronic pain
    do not actually target the pain or even the symptoms at all. The list of said pain relievers is near endless. They are probably more accurately referred to as counter-irratints. It may sound odd, even counter intuitive, but aspirin may be the best authentic pain reliever. Symptoms themselves are actually targeted by aspirin.
    Whether your using weed, watching a good comedy, or using a strong prescription medication, the pain is not being targeted, your brain is.
    People are different, so whatever is used is best something which is tailored to the individual, but good luck. And don't get me wrong, for many suffer's aspirin alone ain't gonna make it. I know-I know.
    It's so super to see someone go the length to help explain what it is that is really going-on in thier bodies whilst suffering.
    Really Great, thanks so much.

  • @joeprocopio7985
    @joeprocopio7985 Před 4 lety +2

    Very good video. A bit too much for your average viewer to process but awesome video. Deserves more views!

  • @anishsajjan8046
    @anishsajjan8046 Před 4 lety

    thnks alot.... love from india🇮🇳

  • @author_unknown654
    @author_unknown654 Před 4 lety

    Thank you🙂

  • @SrTBP
    @SrTBP Před 4 lety +2

    You're such a great content creator! I love your simple but very beautiful animations and drawings! It could be used very effectively to replace boring video courses without loosing content density! If you ever think about expanding your viewers to Portuguese speaking countries, count me in to help with the translation ;)

  • @yingli8806
    @yingli8806 Před 5 lety

    cant wait to see your next video.

  • @ogbeideedwin9994
    @ogbeideedwin9994 Před 2 lety

    Very good video

  • @karledejer4075
    @karledejer4075 Před 3 lety

    THis is amazing!

  • @AGENTRYAN96
    @AGENTRYAN96 Před 5 lety +2

    Guess who's back, back again
    AA's back, tell a friend

  • @ghazalmirfallah2682
    @ghazalmirfallah2682 Před 2 lety

    Great video! There is only one mistake about dopamine.
    Dopamine does not cause please!!
    This disinhibition in the VTA is only important for the drug seeking behaviour, craving, and relapse.

  • @carlspheno
    @carlspheno Před 5 lety

    Pls make a video abt high blood pressure pls...

  • @knowledgeenrichment5740

    Please make more videos...

  • @jonwent393
    @jonwent393 Před 5 lety

    Thanks so much for your video! Can you make a video about THC, Psilocybin and Mescaline? It would be really cool to learn more about hallucinogens. :))

  • @Phoozball_
    @Phoozball_ Před 4 lety +1

    Hey, your content is really great, but if i had to give some feedback maybe use some music in the background, or even make the arial font something a little more exciting to keep your viewers more interested :)

  • @dee9289
    @dee9289 Před 3 lety

    you should make a video on crohn’s disease

  • @theresamartinelli8844
    @theresamartinelli8844 Před 4 měsíci

    What happened to Ketoprofen for pain relief? I used it for mild to severe pain and it worked and was not a drug that was an addictive drug. Great content and the history is of the problem is fascinating.

    • @Medicurio
      @Medicurio  Před 4 měsíci

      Ketoprofen is an nonsteroid anti-inflammatory (NSAID) that is in the same family as other NSAIDs like aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil). From what I understand it is still available and used. It definitely is less potent than opioids for pain relief though and is usually only used for, as you suggested, mild/moderate pain and maybe severe pain for some.

  • @victoriazhu2185
    @victoriazhu2185 Před 3 lety

    What abt covering depression and how anti depressants work

  • @hgbugalou
    @hgbugalou Před 5 lety +1

    Please cover the human immune system and then how HIV meds work.

  • @mikenike40
    @mikenike40 Před 5 lety +1

    what happens if you hit all 11 criteria? im 4.5 months clean now tho

  • @Anthony-cn8ll
    @Anthony-cn8ll Před 3 lety +1

    Normally, loperamide doesn't cross the blood brain barrier, but in high doses it does. So there are people that abuse it due to its accessibility.

  • @scottcupp8129
    @scottcupp8129 Před 3 lety +1

    I was on methadone at one point. Never again. However, I do take Hydrocodone as prescribed on a daily basis for a degenerative disk disorder in my lower lumbar. My pain doctor is great and wanted to prescribe me Percocet instead of Hydrocodone. I told him that the Norco works fine and no need to change it.

  • @hivatu
    @hivatu Před 5 lety

    Come back!!

  • @jusoares6524
    @jusoares6524 Před 5 lety +1

    damn, youre amazing

  • @fatimahm9553
    @fatimahm9553 Před 4 lety

    Greaaaaattt

  • @Korporaal1
    @Korporaal1 Před 2 lety +2

    These are great videos! One remark about the opioid crisis that I think should be mentioned: The commercial basis of healthcare -it is an 'industry' in the US has a lot to do with the origins and persistance of the crisis. Patients pay for their health care and expect pain-free treatment. If they don't get what they want, they'll go to the next doctor: The competition. So, doctors are competing on patient experience mostly. They get a perverse incentive to prescribe unnecessarily high levels of pain medication; otherwise they'll suffer in turnover! It is a too-high degree of commercial thinking in American healthcare that lies at the basis of the opioid crisis.

  • @insanestuff9470
    @insanestuff9470 Před 4 lety

    How dangerous to use opioids with benzodiazepines addiction?!
    How long can live using it?!

  • @brandystoffel9858
    @brandystoffel9858 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I teach nursing and would like to use this as part of a continuing education course. How would I do this?

    • @Medicurio
      @Medicurio  Před 11 měsíci

      Hello, when you use the video please cite this channel (e.g. provide a link), or even better, embed this video into your course so your students can watch it directly from this channel.

  • @anthonystipelcovich3763
    @anthonystipelcovich3763 Před 3 měsíci

    Just because you’re prescribed something doesn’t mean you have to take it. Also, whose fault is it if you take more than the prescribed amount?

  • @hgbugalou
    @hgbugalou Před 5 lety +1

    IMO the only way to fix the problem is alternate meds that are on the same level or even better at controlling pain. It's a big ask to assign the role of fixing this problem to doctors who's job it is to reduce pain and suffering. It's like taking a fireman's hose away and giving him a squirt gun to go fight a fire. Sure there are illegal and corrupt pill mills out there that should be dealt with, but I think most doctors are doing the best job they can with what they have.

  • @ockertoustesizem1234
    @ockertoustesizem1234 Před 3 lety

    13:20 where do i buy the plushie

  • @steelman1506
    @steelman1506 Před 5 lety +1

    Sent by TIERZOO

  • @lovingbeauty5813
    @lovingbeauty5813 Před 4 lety

    BIG BRAIN

  • @bellerinaxx705
    @bellerinaxx705 Před 2 lety

    Just tell me can it before cured?🥺 I don't wanna lose my man😭😭😭

  • @rexofired
    @rexofired Před 5 lety +20

    Medicurio isn't dead! Huzzah!

  • @readthycomment
    @readthycomment Před 5 lety

    Opioids: Time to slow your breathing till you stop *BOI*
    Naloxone: *aRe YoU sUrE aBoUt ThAt?*

  • @Boobeeeeee
    @Boobeeeeee Před 3 lety

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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  • @scottcupp8129
    @scottcupp8129 Před 3 lety

    Then there is Carfentanyl. But that's a pain killer for large animals. Definitely not for human consumption.

  • @galixygirl1832
    @galixygirl1832 Před 5 lety

    None cancer pain? What exactly are you saying.

    • @Medicurio
      @Medicurio  Před 5 lety

      Opioids are not recommended for chronic non-cancer pain, for example recurrent migraines or arthritis, because of the risk of developing addiction with long term use which can interfere with their daily function (other painkillers like aspirin or tylenol are used instead). However, opioids are commonly used for patients with terminal cancer which can be extremely painful, in which the focus is more on palliative care. In these situations, addiction isn't a huge worry if the patient is only going to live for a few mlre months, though some patients opt out of opioid therapy as they do not want to feel sedated and "in a fog" as they reach the end of their life. Sometimes opioids can also be used short term, like after breaking a bone, but in those cases opioid use has to be carefully monitored to prevent chronic use and development of addiction. Hope that answers your question!

  • @martinofenzi858
    @martinofenzi858 Před 4 lety

    11:49 LMAO !!

  • @froggoesjump2185
    @froggoesjump2185 Před 3 lety

    I like how they ignore the fact that withdraw pain is the cure to the epidemic

  • @mattbrock124
    @mattbrock124 Před 2 lety

    IBOGAINE

  • @slimechydukes55
    @slimechydukes55 Před rokem

    I love opioids and benzodiazepines together, I'm on 6mgs of xanax and 50mgs of hydrocodone feeling like I just been injected by a anesthesia nurse who is prepping me for surgery lol I feel marvelous.