Are opioids affecting your everyday life in a negative way? If you are looking for options for recovery, contact our Aegis Medical office today to explore opiate replacement therapy. No referral is necessary.
Opioids have a legitimate medical use as powerful pain relievers. However, abuse of opioids is relatively common because these drugs are widely available and cause an exaggerated sense of well-being. They include:
- Heroin
- Oxycodone
- Morphine
- Hydromorphone/Dilaudid
- Fentanyl
- Codeine
People can become dependent on any opioid. Tolerance can develop after a few days of continued opioid use. That is, people need more and more of a drug to feel the effects originally produced by a smaller amount. People may become more tolerant to some effects than to others.