opiate
阿片剂,鸦片剂,阿片类药物,鸦片制剂
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Definitions
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- : Biochemistry, Pharmacology. a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain: The opium poppy yields morphine, codeine, and other opiates.
- : Biochemistry, Pharmacology. any sedative, soporific, or narcotic: Back then, the country physician would concoct all sorts of opiates in a crude kitchen laboratory.
- : anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings: His favorite opiate seems to be a six-pack in front of the TV.
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- : Biochemistry, Pharmacology. mixed or prepared with opium: Some opiate substances, such as thebaine, may be more toxic than narcotic.
- : Biochemistry, Pharmacology. inducing sleep; soporific; narcotic: Subjects were given a variety of opiate teas over the course of a four-week study.
- : causing dullness or inaction: The opiate effects of their droning reprimands were legendary.
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Examples
That’s why, the next month, after a cross-country move—when he went to an East Coast VA hospital for a pancreatic cancer screening and complained about his aching back—he was adamant that he not be given opiates.
Brundage’s husband started abusing his medications, especially his opiates, and getting extra pills from coworkers, which Brundage said she told the VA many times.
Before the flight, he used heroin—and it was the last opiate he ever took.
So it was like Perc 30s and opiates that were someone’s prescription that we got.
The three main types of medication for opiate withdrawal and recovery are methadone, buphrenorphine, and naltrexone.
The FDA approved Suboxone in 2002 to treat opiate addiction.
Although it is also used to control pain, it was created as a way to manage opiate addiction.
For one, despite evidence to their efficacy, many insurance plans will not cover the costs of opiate replacement therapies.
Without a complete overhaul of the opiate world, he worries it will continue.
The hours wore on toward night, and Nita slept under the influence of an opiate administered by the maid.
In spite of his groans and anguish, the old notary was insensible under the influence of an opiate.
It is here used by Milton as the name of an opiate and it is now occasionally used as a general name for drugs that relieve pain.